Can our brains run out of memory space? The brain stores and retrieves memories, but it’s less like a computer than you may ...

Prioritize sleep: Sleep well the night before your exam because sleep enhances long-term memory storage. Avoid “illusions of learning”: Simply rereading or highlighting information in textbooks may ...

A new machine learning model shows that star-shaped brain cells may be responsible for the brain's memory capacity, and someday, it could inspire advances in AI and Alzheimer's research.

Memory storage in the brain may reside in the lipid bilayer of neuronal membranes. Synaptic plasticity, the changes that occur in the synapse, is a primary mechanism for learning and memory.

Initially, this trace is particularly susceptible to disturbances. In other words, it is easy to forget. Then, during sleep, this memory is consolidated — the memory trace is stabilized.

Similar to computers, the brain's memory storage is measured in "bits," and the number of bits it can hold rests on the connections between its neurons, known as synapses. Historically, scientists ...

Repeat and recite. Repeating information, especially in new ways, can assist with memory storage, said Ronald Davis, a professor of neuroscience at the University of Florida.