However, we now have strong evidence of at least two distinct pathways to memory formation—one dedicated to short-term memories and another to long-term memories. This could mean our brains are ...

Scientists at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience discovered a parallel pathway for forming long-term memories that bypasses short-term memory. Using optogenetics, they blocked short-term ...

Learning is more effective when retrieval is varied and spaced over time, not repetitive. Variety strengthens memory pathways ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

Long-term memory is information encoded in the brain on the time-scale of years. It consists of explicit (declarative) memories that are consciously reportable and depend heavily on the medial ...

Long-term memory has an unlimited capacity and can hold information for a long time. Once information is encoded into the short-term memory, it can be transferred to the long-term memory to be stored.

A breakthrough study sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of genes essential for learning and memory.

Researchers have identified a key pathway that ... genes necessary for long-term changes in the brain, providing crucial insights into the molecular processes underlying memory formation.

Heavy lifetime cannabis use is associated with reduced brain activation in key cognitive regions, particularly during working ...