When the Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry makes a free throw, his brain draws on motor memory. Now researchers at UC San Francisco have shown how this type of memory is consolidated during sleep, ...

Muscle memory is a commonly used term for motor skill acquisition and retention. Activities like cycling or swimming are good examples of muscle memory in action, as people can perform these movements ...

A recent study by Oregon State University researchers highlighted the ways motor skills and cognitive skills develop in connection with each other in young children with autism, and found an ...

As your baby grows and starts to investigate their surroundings, they develop new skills. Gross motor skills are one set of skills they’ll add to their repertoire of tricks right from the start. Let’s ...

We tend to think of ourselves as being born with a magnificent and intricate piece of organic hardware we call the brain, along with a massive but blank hard drive that we refer to as memory. What we ...