Long-term memory emerges from a sequence of molecular programs that sort, stabilize, and reinforce important experiences.

Perhaps most important, research showed that at least some instances of seemingly suboptimal behavior are actually the opposite. For example, it was well known that people sometimes underestimate the ...

When I began forgetting words in midlife, I wondered if it was menopause—and worried that it was something more.

Getting older goes hand in hand with forgetfulness — like not remembering the name of the new restaurant in town or misplacing your glasses. And while it can be frustrating, it isn’t instantly ...

One of the most actively debated questions about human and non-human culture is this: under what circumstances might we expect culture, in particular the ability to learn from one another, to be ...

Have you ever walked into a room and then wondered why you went there? If you’ve experienced this phenomenon, you’ve had a prospective memory lapse. Memory usually means remembering things that have ...

The human capacity to forget is not merely a failure of memory but a fundamental adaptive mechanism. Memory suppression and intentional forgetting involve the active inhibition of unwanted or ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – You open your refrigerator and suddenly forget what you’re looking for. This is a minor annoyance most of us have faced at least once or twice. We brush off the ...

B rain researchers long knew that the model for studying memory oversimplified the complex processes that the brain uses to ...

Have you ever walked into a room and then wondered why you went there? If you’ve experienced this phenomenon, you’ve had a prospective memory lapse. Memory usually means remembering things that have ...