Sometimes, we search for information in long-term memory and find it—a name, a movie title, or a vivid example to support a general conclusion. Other times, we're unable to recall what we believe we ...

The average human brain weighs about 3 pounds and contains 80 to 100 billion neurons, which are the cells that store information. But how do these cells store information? How do we retrieve that ...

As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people’s powers of recollection, I’m often asked how ...

WebMEM creates a structured memory layer that Google’s MUVERA technology was specifically designed to retrieve, enabling fragment-level AI retrieval rather than whole-page content. Unlike traditional ...

Researchers in the IU Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences recently conducted a study that sheds new light on how an individual’s mind retrieves words and ...

Over recent decades, research has increasingly supported the notion that specific patterns of eye movements can modulate memory retrieval processes. In particular, bilateral saccadic eye movements are ...

A brief bout of physical exercise can create "ripples" of activity in your brain that help you store and retrieve memories.

Emerging 2026 study finds cannabis impacts multiple memory types. THC can increase false and source memories, suggesting it reshapes recall by interfering with encoding, consolidation, and retrieval.