A controlled experiment tied to the MIT Media Lab found that conversational AI chatbots powered by large language models can sharply increase the rate at which people form false memories about events ...

Letting an AI assistant handle the hard parts of thinking feels efficient in the moment, but a growing body of cognitive ...

Researchers found that gut microbes may contribute to memory loss by disrupting signals between the intestine and the brain.

Several studies have indicated that forgotten memories may not be as irretrievable as once thought. Memory appears to be closely tied to the context in which it was encoded. Consequently, remembering ...

A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is ...