Why don’t we remember specific events during those crucial first few years, when our brains worked overtime to learn so much?

For years, scientists believed that our first memories vanished because the brain wasn’t developed enough to store them. But ...

The benefits of weight training are many: it promotes gains in strength and muscle mass, reduces body fat, and contributes to ...

Yale study shows infants' brains can form memories earlier than thought, challenging long-held beliefs about infantile ...

“The hallmark of [episodic memories] is that you can describe them to others, but that’s off the table when you’re dealing ...

Instead, modern theories focus on the hippocampus, a part of the brain critical for episodic memory, which is not fully ...

For decades, scientists have been puzzled by a simple question: Why can't you remember being a baby? Even though infants ...

As people age, their episodic memory — the ability to remember past events and experiences — tends to wane, but their ...

Have you ever been convinced that you remember being a baby? A moment in a crib, or the taste of a first birthday cake?

Why grown humans have a years-long blind spot in their episodic memory for the period of infancy remains a puzzle. One theory ...

Researchers see VR spaces as a test for spatial memory in people, hoping to look for signs of cognitive decline that are an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease.