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

Haley Vlach, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at UW-Madison, explores the learning process and explains that allowing some time to forget between learning and recalling ...

The next time forgetting inconveniences us, we should stop and consider its virtues. Forgetting allows us to manage our complicated lives – encouraging us to remember what’s important, inspiring us to ...

How does memory work? And how does… un-memory work? How does memory work? And how does… un-memory work? Our brain does a lot of remembering and forgetting every day, so you should probably make room ...

Aleida Assmann, a professor at the University of Konstanz, analyzed the forms and functions of forgetting during a lecture on Wednesday. The lecture, Forms of Forgetting, was co-sponsored by the ...

For decades, psychologists and neuroscientists have propagated a dismal picture of the human mind. We are told that far from being rational, most of what we think and do is propelled by irrational ...

I was recently listening to a podcast interview with Ramy Youssef. He’s an actor, comedian, writer, and director first made popular for his semi-autobiographical series “Ramy,” a sharp, introspective ...

Sometimes less is more. Doing less talking and more listening will place the focus squarely on the person you are conversing ...