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

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

Scientists from Boston University, Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Toronto are advancing a shared idea about how the mind works. They argue that the same brain systems used ...

Memory worries are common with aging. Learn what they mean, when they matter, and how anxiety, mood, and evidence shape cognitive concerns.

A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in ...

In new UChicago study, researchers used Minecraft to test whether positive or negative emotion makes the recall method more ...

A sense of self-awareness is strongly involved in episodic memory. It’s the feeling of personally remembering.

A strong memory sounds like an unmitigated good, but science shows that vivid recall can distort your reality, fuel anxiety ...

For years, scientists have known that the aging brain tends to shrink, but they have struggled to explain why some people ...