New research from the University of Houston reveals that distraction breaks memory by interrupting the brain's central ...

Working memory is a form of memory that allows a person to temporarily hold a limited amount of information at the ready for immediate mental use. It is considered essential for learning, ...

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, ...

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