Memory Disaster Memory and Dismemory The psychology of remembering and forgetting catastrophe. Posted October 15, 2022 | Reviewed by Vanessa Lancaster ...

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 ...

The brain is wired to remember images better than abstract symbols. Students who “see” formulas in action—through diagrams, ...

One of the bizarre yet fascinating outcomes of a brain injury with memory deficits is that it offers an opportunity to confirm reliability of thinking.

But forgetting names or dates, as Biden has, doesn't necessarily impair decision making. Older people can have deep knowledge and good intuition, which can help counteract such memory lapses.

The human brain is capable of storing 300 years of continuous video. Why, then, do we forget to do mundane things like turning off the lights or calling our friends back?

We call this the age-prospective memory paradox. The part of the brain that seems most responsible for prospective memory is an area of the frontal lobes, referred to as Brodmann’s area 10.

"The key to an excellent memory is to take intentional actions to improve your cognitive abilities every day," writes Anthony ...

An important part of the human brain has to work harder to actively forget a memory than it does to remember it, according to the results of a newly-published study. The research is a step towards ...

Contextual clues play a role in what people are able to store and retrieve from their memory, says Robert A. Bjork, Ph.D., distinguished research professor in the department of psychology at the ...