Given the ever-growing array of digital distractions available, multitasking is more prevalent than ever. But experts say our brains weren't built for this onslaught, and it is leaving us foggy ...

Memory overload? That's when the eyes step in Date: March 1, 2018 Source: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Summary: When you want to remember a phone number, you likely repeat the digits to ...

Explore how modern work environments are sabotaging knowledge workers—and what neuroscience says we must do to fix it.

The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory Torkel Klingberg, , foreword by Elkhonon Goldberg. . Oxford Univ., $21.95 (202pp) ISBN 978-0-19-537288-5 ...

In this excerpt from his new book The Googlization of Everything, author Siva Vaidhyanathan asks, "Are we drowning in data, unable to distinguish good from bad, true from false?" ...

A recent study published in Science has identified a previously unknown mechanism in the brain that occurs during sleep, helping to reset memory pathways. Researchers found that a burst of neural ...

Culture Information boom causes memory overload The new digital media have too short a lifespan to be used for archiving information swissinfo.ch ...

Step away from the computer, Cantor advised, take a walk to boost blood flow to your brain, and treat yourself to a soothing view of nature, if possible.

Researchers discovered that older adults naturally tap into this strategy to bolster memory when remembering becomes difficult, building upon their work in identifying the connection between what ...

Short-term memory, attention and cognitive control all come into play in keeping our brains on the ball as we take in and manipulate information. But all of these processes have their limits.