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A Leading Memory Researcher Explains How to Make Precious Moments Last
Our memories form the bedrock of who we are. Those recollections, in turn, are built on one very simple assumption: This happened. But things are not quite so simple. “We update our memories through the Visit Page
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The ‘Mandela Effect’ Describes the False Memories Many of Us Share. But Why Can’t Scientists Explain It?
Does Mr. Monopoly wear a monocle? Is there a black stripe on Pikachu’s tail? And does the fruit in the Fruit of the Loom logo pour out of a cornucopia? If you answered yes to Visit Page
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When a Brain Injury Impairs Memory, a Pulse of Electricity May Help
If you’ve ever had trouble finding your keys or remembering what you had for breakfast, you know that short-term memory is far from perfect. For people who’ve had a traumatic brain injury (TBI), though, recalling Visit Page
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Your Brain Has Tricked You Into Thinking Everything Is Worse
Perhaps no political promise is more potent or universal than the vow to restore a golden age. From Caesar Augustus to the Medicis and Adolf Hitler, from President Xi Jinping of China and President “Bongbong” Marcos of the Philippines to Donald Trump’s “Make America Visit Page
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on visual short-term memory, the development of spatial cognition and its malleability, how heart rate predicts the performance of elite athletes, and much more. Visit Page
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Why Music Causes Memories to Flood Back
When Laura Nye Falsone’s first child was born in 1996, the Wallflowers album “Bringing Down the Horse” was a big hit. “All I have to hear are the first notes from ‘One Headlight,’ and I Visit Page
