New research reveals that human memory may prioritize people and places over context, offering insight into how our brains achieve flexible, enduring recall.

Encoding is the first stage of memory. It is the process by which the details of a person’s experience are converted into a form that can be stored in the brain.

While the underlying mechanism is unclear, neuroscientists theorize saying something out loud separates and distinguishes it ...

To shed light on how trauma affects memory, let's bring in Harvard psychology professor Richard McNally. Welcome. ... alcohol can sometimes impair the encoding and, therefore, the memory of ...

Researchers from HSE University and the University of California San Diego, Igor Utochkin and Timothy Brady, have found new evidence of hierarchical encoding of images in visual working memory.

Coordinated representations for naturalistic memory encoding and retrieval in hippocampal neural subspaces. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-55833-x Cite This Page : ...