Taking the short term memory test will reveal how well your ability is to recall people, places, and faces that you just saw.

A new study suggests that people can misremember events mere seconds, or even fractions of a second after they happen.

Should you exercise more to boost your memory? What a new study says about the cognitive benefits of working out.

There are important questions still to answer, but the team demonstrated an ability to boost short-term memory in human subjects by targeting specific regions of the brain through the skull with ...

A researcher behind a study of wasabi's effect on cognition says he knew the fiery condiment had health benefits, but "the dramatic change" in memory was a surprise.

Laser light therapy has been shown to be effective in improving short term memory, according to a new study. Scientists demonstrated that the therapy, which is non-invasive, could improve short ...

Just 12 minutes of laser therapy to the right prefrontal cortex can improve working memory in young adults, new research suggests.

Working memory, a form of short-term memory, allows us to store and retrieve information while performing tasks such as problem solving, reading or having a conversation.

What’s more, the specific type of hormone therapy used by a woman during and after menopause can have different effects on ...