Long-term memory lets you remember things for days, years, or even a lifetime. There are two main types of long-term memory: explicit and implicit. Repeating and thinking about memories makes them ...

Scientists have uncovered a stepwise system that guides how the brain sorts and stabilizes lasting memories. By tracking brain activity during virtual reality learning tasks, researchers identified ...

The proverb "practice makes perfect" highlights the importance of repetition to master a skill. This principle also applies to learning vocabulary and other materials. In order to fight our natural ...

Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the Stowers Institute has identified the mechanism that makes a fleeting moment ...

Upon inflammation, mouse epidermal stem cells (green) proliferate and upregulate H2A.Z(red), a histone variant essential for the long-term propagation of inflammatory memory. One of the most puzzling ...

One of the most puzzling aspects of common chronic inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis is how they become chronic. What allows an ongoing condition to stay dormant for months or even years, ...

The proverb “practice makes perfect” highlights the importance of repetition to master a skill. This principle also applies to learning vocabulary and other material. In order to fight our natural ...