Sleeping on a rhythmically swaying surface helps synchronize sleep oscillations in the human brain, a study finds.

Men’s pain tolerance decreases when exposed to a setting where they’ve previously had a painful experience.

When researchers removed the reproductive organ, female rats had more difficulty solving a water maze.

Studies have demonstrated that magnetic and electrical currents can enhance memory in human subjects, but the technology is not yet ready for prime time.

In Chapter 6, “The Elephant’s Graveyard,” authors Hilde Østby and Ylva Østby discuss groundbreaking research into the psychology of forgetting.

The Østby sisters, one a neuroscientist and the other a writer, explore the uncharted territory of memory in their new book.

The coming legalization of recreational marijuana is already increasing funding for studies, but regulations on such research have been slow to change.

By stimulating specific neurons in mouse brains, researchers demonstrate that memories from infancy are not lost, but merely difficult to access.