Each fall, mountain chickadees face an almost impossible memory challenge that pushes their tiny brains to a biological ...

Many animals possess remarkable memory and intelligence for survival. Different species have evolved unique mental abilities ...

The assumption that crumbled first The standard view held that episodic memory, the ability to mentally replay a specific ...

Movement ecology seeks to unravel the mechanisms by which animals navigate complex and changing environments, combining internal physiological states with external factors such as resource ...

Nuri Jeong remembers the feeling of surprise she felt during a trip back to South Korea, while visiting her grandmother, who'd been grappling with Alzheimer's disease. "I hadn't seen her in six years, ...

Researchers have joined forces to give a boost to spatial memory by creating a unique experimental setup that combines non-invasive deep-brain stimulation, virtual reality training, and fMRI imaging.

Usually, forgetting where you put your coffee cup down doesn’t have a major impact on the rest of your life – you can easily retrieve another cup of coffee (and find the other one later, in a cabinet ...

It’s lunchtime, and you and your friend are hungry. You venture into the kitchen and make your favorite sandwich—peanut butter and jelly. You assume your friend can make the same thing, but they have ...