In this episode, Professor Charan Ranganath, director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at UC Davis and author of Why We Remember, reveals how memory truly works. He explains how our choices shape the ...

Memory is the process by which information and data is encoded, stored and retrieved. "What did I eat for breakfast this morning?" "Where did I leave my car keys?" "Who is buried in Grant’s Tomb?" ...

If you’ve followed this blog from its beginnings in 2009, you’ll know that it’s covered a wide territory. From initial interests in developmental psychology (I started it when I was coming out of a ...

Hollywood loves a character who has the perfect total recall of a photographic memory. But it’s not how memory works.

A new study reveals that internalizing stress—especially feelings of hopelessness—may significantly speed up memory decline ...

The Science of Siblings is a new series exploring the ways our siblings can influence us, from our money and our mental health, all the way down to our very molecules. We'll be sharing these stories ...

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