Sensory memory refers to very short-term memories about perceptions of the world through the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. A fraction of the information captured in ...

Our brains have sensory cells, which process the faces that we see, and memory cells dedicated to storing data from person encounters. But until now, a hybrid neuron capable of linking vision to ...

A new study shows how our very short-term "working memory," which allows the brain to stitch together sensory information, operates. The system retains a limited number of high-resolution images ...

When a sensory experience spontaneously evokes an autobiographical memory, it’s often called the Proust Effect, named for French author Marcel Proust who described how the experience of eating a ...

Memory problems have long been considered the primary hallmark of dementia, but a team of researchers is now challenging this view. They argue that changes in sensory perception – from vision to ...

The vision of their treasured colleague, Sr Mary, in first introducing a polytunnel along with Una Fitzpatrick saw the project develop into a place where children could immerse themselves in nature.