A new study has revealed that neural inhibition and balanced neural activity in a specific area of the brain is required for recognition memory. The findings could help provide better understanding of ...

Take a look around your home and you'll find yourself surrounded by familiar comforts-photos of family and friends on the wall, well-worn sneakers by the door, a shelf adorned with travel mementos.

Caffeine helped restore communication between neurons in that pathway and reversed the memory problem caused by lost sleep. Most people know caffeine can make them feel more alert after a bad night. A ...

Scientists discovered that sleep deprivation damages a key brain circuit responsible for social memory, making it harder to recognize familiar individuals. In laboratory studies, caffeine restored ...

Long-term memory formation in male mice was assessed by conducting a series of experiments based on the novel objection recognition task or "NORT." In this study, laboratory mice under investigation ...