Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration by Alanah Sarginson Think of your happiest memory. A wedding, your child’s birth, or maybe just a perfect night out ...

Scientists have been working to decode the magic of the human brain for decades. Despite everything that we've learned over the years, there are still new discoveries to be made. And now, a new study ...

Sure, memories may fade over the years like an old letter (or even go up in flames if Alzheimer’s disease strikes), but under ordinary circumstances the content of the memory stays the same, no matter ...

You may not be able to remember the details of blowing out your candles at your first birthday party, but that doesn’t mean you lacked the ability to store that event in your memory bank. In fact, a ...

New multidisciplinary research shows that the brain forms memories of cold experiences and uses them to control our metabolism. The study shows that cold memories form in the brain -- and map out how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your memories are likely stored in ensembles of neurons that fire together. PASIEKA/Science Photo Library via Getty Images ...

A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in retrieving different types of information, the findings could redefine how memory ...

Memories are stored in a region of the brain called the hippocampus, shown in red in this computer illustration. Photo Researchers, Inc. Sitting at a sidewalk café in Montreal on a sunny morning, ...