A team of researchers has demonstrated that the key to understanding working memory relies not only on what one is storing in memory, but also why. This is the 'working' part of working memory, which ...

Imagine you are a security guard in one of those casino heist movies where your ability to recognize an emerging crime will depend on whether you notice a subtle change on one of the many security ...

Neuroscientists have investigated the reciprocal interactions between two brain regions that represent visual working memory in mice. The team found that communication between these two loci of ...

A new study led by scientists at the Perception Dynamics Institute and the University of California San Diego demonstrates ...

When you try to solve a math problem in your head or remember the things on your grocery list, you’re engaging in a complex neural balancing act — a process that, according to a new study by Brown ...

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, ...

If your visual voicemail is not working on your iPhone or Android, there are a number of easy troubleshooting steps you can try. Make sure your voicemail service is online by dialing it manually. You ...

Robert Jacobs receives funding from the National Science Foundation. When asked the other day about a bakery near my home, I responded that I’d recently eaten its mouth-watering chocolate chip cookies ...