We tend to think of people’s memories as being either good or bad. However, you might know someone with a terrible memory for names and faces who is very good at learning languages. Another person ...

Does the way a person hears about an event shape their recollection of it later? In a new JNeurosci paper, Signy Sheldon and colleagues, from McGill University, explored whether different storytelling ...

Memory is an interesting thing. Most of us may wish it was better. We may envy those with “photographic” memory or people who seem to have no trouble recalling phone numbers, matching faces to names, ...

The human brain is very good at solving complicated problems. One reason for that is that humans can break problems apart into manageable subtasks that are easy to solve one at a time. This allows us ...

Many people with ADHD struggle with working memory, which can impact daily tasks and overall productivity. Implementing specific strategies, like using visual aids, breaking tasks into smaller steps, ...

This image depicts different “Taking a Flight” narrative stimuli used in an experiment. While central details were consistent, peripheral elaborations were different. Conceptual versus perceptual ...