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, according to researchers from the School ...

Challenging yourself with mental activities, such as puzzles, crosswords, and games like chess, may help keep your mind sharp as you age. Some studies have even shown that completing challenges like ...

Updated guidance on vascular cognitive impairment emphasizes executive function and processing speed, endorses brief, ...

New research published in the journal Sleep Health has found that sleep fragmentation, which refers to the amount of time spent awake in bed after initially falling asleep, is linked to slower mental ...

Background: The autonomic nervous system dynamically adjusts cardiac regulation during cognitive challenges, reflecting the interplay between sympathetic and parasympathetic branches to support task ...

In a new study published in Neuron titled, “Working memory readout varies with frontal theta rhythms,” researchers from the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at Massachusetts Institute of ...

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This month’s executive function skill of focus is working memory. As a reminder, executive function (EF) skills are brain-based skills that help us get things done. For those of us with ADHD, we often ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Memory can be broken down into multiple types, including long-term memory, short-term memory, explicit and implicit memory, and working memory. Memory is a process in your brain that enables you to ...