Nelson Dellis credits techniques like the method of loci for his extraordinary memory. Now, brain scans have revealed the ...

Francisco José López-Murcia, from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute ...

Summary: Working memory is the “mental scratchpad” that allows us to hold and manipulate information in real-time. A new study has identified a specific molecular pathway centered on the protein ...

Working memory is a cognitive function that is essential for carrying out everyday activities and temporarily retaining information. This process enables us to understand information, learn and manage ...

Current end-to-end robotic policies, specifically Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, typically operate on a single observation or a very short history. This ‘lack of memory’ makes long-horizon tasks ...

The n-back task has become a central paradigm for investigating the mechanisms of working memory (WM) and related executive functions. This review provides an integrative analysis of the n-back ...

Background: The autonomic nervous system dynamically adjusts cardiac regulation during cognitive challenges, reflecting the interplay between sympathetic and parasympathetic branches to support task ...

It took a series of aviation disasters for safety experts to realize the critical role of working memory when pilots and technicians juggle competing tasks. In some cases, technicians made apparently ...

Objectives To evaluate the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and cognition in a large sample of older adults, and to examine clinical and demographic factors that might moderate ...