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

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A new international study has offered a clearer understanding of how age-related brain changes affect memory. Scientists have ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, perception, memory, language, and thought have been mapped onto distinct brain ...

A study in mice suggests infantile amnesia is not a failure of memory, but a developmentally useful process guided by brain ...

There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, false memories are completely made up rather than a small memory error. In ...

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