Researchers are designing studies that better represent how memory works in daily life, leading to discoveries about how to intervene when it falters.

Sometimes forget where you parked your car while running errands or struggle to recall an acquaintance's name stuck on the ...

A new study reveals that intentional memory control—deciding what to remember or forget—is more powerful than emotional influence when forming long-term memories.

Having a hard time remembering what people say in conversations? You're not alone, and there are strategies to help!

Scientists are a step closer to understanding why we remember some things and forget others. Researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas, conducted a study that found that we tend to remember ...

The night after my high school graduation, most of my classmates hit the bars to get drunk. Rather than join them, I picked a tamer celebration, assuming that I would be less likely to get into ...

Two cognitive psychology researchers are debunking common misconceptions about human memory while sharing easy ways to recall different types of information. Getty Images/iStockphoto It’s time to ...

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 ...

So since we all learn best by doing, it only makes sense that testing yourself — as long as you do it the right way — is the ...