Researchers have long wished to understand the connection between sleep and memory, especially how the brain encodes long-term memories during slow-wave sleep (while discarding others), or the deep ...

This post is NOT devoted to memory problems related to normal aging, also called age-associated memory impairment (AAMI) where there is still some controversy whether it truly exists or there are ...

Memory problems affect virtually everyone at some point in their daily lives, yet people often feel embarrassed or worried when they experience these perfectly normal cognitive hiccups. The human ...

Dear Savvy Senior: At age 70, I’ve become more and more forgetful lately and I’m concerned it may be an early sign of dementia. Are there any memory screening tools or services that you can recommend ...

It’s common for people with bipolar disorder to have memory problems, caused by a variety of factors. So it’s important to know the reason for yours. I once wrote a blog post called “Do People ‘Black ...

Many older adults worry about their memory and other thinking abilities. For example, they might be concerned about taking longer than before to learn new things, or they may sometimes forget to pay a ...

Many people with a family history of memory problems wonder whether they will also experience memory problems (beyond those associated with normal aging). Although there are multiple considerations in ...

In a darkened Amsterdam conference hall this summer, a panel of industry and academic scientists took the stage to announce a plan to radically expand the definition of Alzheimer’s disease to include ...

Researchers have identified an enzyme that's key to updating existing memories with new information, a process that declines naturally with age. Blocking the enzyme reduced memory impairment, opening ...

Wait, what was the name of that actress from the series I watched yesterday? If you also find yourself refreshing Google or the chat again and again to get answers instead of recalling them yourself – ...

Experiencing multiple acute stresses at the same time, as in natural disasters or mass shootings, can leave lasting memory ...