When Alice climbs through the looking glass, she encounters a topsy-turvy world. People are punished before committing a crime, and sometimes fingers bleed before a pinprick occurs. Those strange events reflect a memory that works both ways in that world, allowing people to remember things before they happen. As the Queen explains to Alice: ...

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (CNN) -- Give Brad Williams a date, and he can usually tell you not only what he was doing but what world events happened that day. He can do this for almost every day of his life. Williams is one of only three people in the world identified with this off-the-charts autobiographical memory, according to researchers at ...

Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know--such as the brain's need for physical activity to work at its best. How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it ...

TMS. Lack of sleep often comes at times when we need to perform at our best. Now brain researchers studying how sleep deprivation impairs memory have found a potential remedy.

Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang visit Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss their book ''Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life.''

A big brain may protect you from the memory-stealing symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease, even if you have the brain plaques associated with the disease.

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Horizon takes viewers on an extraordinary journey into the human memory. From the woman who is having her most traumatic memories wiped by a pill, to the man with no memory, this film reveals how these remarkable human stories are transforming our understanding of this unique human ability.

Sanjay Gupta looks into modern brain research. Posit Science's Brain Fitness Program is one of the highlights. The BFP is geared towards regaining lost ground due to age/inactivity, and is comprised of 6 core ''games'', focused on auditory recognition and memory recall. Similar games, but focused on visual cues rather than audio, are in the ...

Co-hosted by Professor Robert Winston and Dr Tanya Byron, this interactive special invites you to take part in a range of experiments to test your memory and receive practical help on how to improve it. Longleat House in Wiltshire is transformed into 'Memory Manor', a laboratory to explore how our brains work, what memory skills we're born ...