The human brain is constantly flooded with sights, sounds and sensations, yet only a fraction of those experiences become ...

Long-term memory emerges from a sequence of molecular programs that sort, stabilize, and reinforce important experiences.

Scientists harnessed a new method to precisely measure the amount of information the brain can store, and it could help advance our understanding of learning. When you purchase through links on our ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.

Researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model, known as dense associative memory, would help explain the brain's ...

Experts break down how perimenopause and menopause affect the brain and how to support it through these changes.

You can use up all the storage on your phone or max out your computer's drive, but can you use up all the memory space in your brain? Despite how you might feel before an exam or after a sleepless ...

How the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing has been discovered. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC; CA, USA) have made a significant ...

The title sounds outrageous. But supporting data comes from research at the most prestigious Salk Institute. Other researchers had made enormous storage capacity estimates for brains, but this new ...

The brain may be able to hold nearly 10 times more information than previously thought, a new study confirms. Similar to computers, the brain's memory storage is measured in "bits," and the number of ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.