Cambridge scientists are today launching a search to find people who have exceptional memory, as they attempt to understand why some people are much...
Scientists have identified a key chemical within the ‘memory’ region of the brain that allows us to suppress unwanted thoughts, helping explain why...
Most of us can quote snatches of poetry - but which poems can we recite in their entirety? In a survey of memorised poetry, Lear’s ̽»¨Ö±²¥Owl and the...
A ‘brain training’ game developed by researchers at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages...
Modafinil, a drug used to treat narcolepsy – excessive daytime sleepiness – can improve memory in patients recovering from depression, according to...
By aiming to discover the UK’s most memorised poems, a new research project – backed by a former Poet Laureate – will explore the poems that live in...
