There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...

Traditionally, explicit long-term memory (the intentional, conscious recollection of things and experiences) is divided into ...

Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the ...

Memory feels like a mental video archive, but psychologists have shown it behaves more like a creative editor, constantly ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over ...

When you try to solve a math problem in your head or remember the things on your grocery list, you’re engaging in a complex neural balancing act — a process that, according to a new study by Brown ...

Your memory relies on reusing, overlapping and adapting rather than on a fixed number of storage spots. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Déjà vu, a fleeting sensation of having experienced a present moment before, arises from a brief misfire in the brain's ...

Women face a significant loss of grey matter in the brain after menopause, which may explain why they are more likely to ...