The buzz about whether it's ethical or no to use memory enhancers for non medical reasons to improve memory was so great that Nature set up a in-house survey, to be voluntarily completed over the Internet, to investigate what the general attitude (in the scientific crowd, that is) to cognitive enhancers is, how much they are used, for what reasons, and so on.

Researchers at New York University and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have identified patterns of brain activation linked to the formation of long-term memories. The study, which appeared in the journal Neuron, also offered an innovative and more comprehensive method for gauging memories.

Most children are able to imagine their future selves as astronauts, politicians or even superheroes; however, many older adults find it difficult to recollect past events, let alone generate new ones.

When you meet your boss's husband, Harvey, at the office holiday party, then bump into him an hour later over the onion dip, will you remember his name?

New UC Irvine research is among the first to demonstrate that neural stem cells may help to restore memory after brain damage.

Ever wonder how much information we put in our heads" The answer: a lot. For starters, a typical vocabulary is 50,000-250,000 words. And then there are all the little details that stretch back decades – the house we grew up in, the time we spilled orange juice on our test back in third grade, the solution to a quadratic equation (for some of us).

In our aging society, with an increased urgency to develop new compounds that target serious illnesses like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, memory enhancement drugs are becoming a big business. But these same drugs are also creating a growing ethical controversy over their potential off-label uses, such as taking these drugs as “performance enhancers” to gain a competitive advantage in the workplace.

Ojom GmbH, a leading creator and global publisher of mobile phone games, today announced the launch of Mobile IQ Trainer, offering mobile users a number of intellectually-stimulating and fun games, including Sudoku.