Scientists are a step closer to understanding why we remember some things and forget others. Researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas, conducted a study that found that we tend to remember ...

Among the many types of information your memory system uses to decide what to remember, new research suggests social ...

Six habits, supported by research in psychology and neuroscience, enhance memory: forming meaningful connections, spacing study sessions with deliberate effort, reading aloud, engaging multiple senses ...

In a new co-authored book, Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and ...

When people lack visual imagination, this is known as aphantasia. Researchers investigated how the lack of mental imagery affects long-term memory. They were able to show that changes in two important ...

The Chen Lab at Johns Hopkins University is looking for in-person participants for a psychology experiment investigating perception and memory. During the experiment, participants view movies or ...

A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology uncovers an uncomfortable fact about the anxiously attached individual: their minds falsify memories far more than the average ...

He drew a distinction between the facts we learn and the experiences we remember, which he argued are part of what makes us human. By Clay Risen Endel Tulving, whose insights into the structure of ...