Memory is a continually unfolding process. Initial details of an experience take shape in memory; the brain’s representation of that information then changes over time. With subsequent reactivations, ...

How often do you lose or misplace your keys? If the answer is often, then you're in luck. Psychologists have said it is not always a sign of a poor memory. In a new book called The Psychology of ...

Have you ever mixed up the names of your children? Struggled to remember key dates or the year a loved one died? Recent news of mental lapses by President Biden and Donald Trump have sparked a ...

Have you ever forgotten a lunch date and stood up a good friend? This can be embarrassing and disconcerting, a potential sign that your memory just isn’t what it used to be. But, according to a new ...

Eyewitness misidentifications have long been a source of wrongful convictions, casting doubt on the reliability of memory in the courtroom. But UC San Diego psychologist John Wixted says the story ...

You may come away with a newfound respect for something you can find in your kitchen — fruit flies. These tiny creatures are helping scientists research how memory works. With a wall full of scribbles ...

How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d... From Alexander Pope’s Eloisa ...

How Can Memory Be Preserved? Medscape: What strategies, both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic, have shown the most benefit in preserving memory? Dr De Brigard: To the best of my knowledge, we don't ...