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

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.

Letting go of someone with whom you've shared a beautiful love story isn't easy. However, psychology has discovered the best tricks to help a guy forget his ex for good. That's right, there are some ...

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 ...

Music has a way of sticking with us in ways that nothing else does. A melody can carry us back decades, a lyric can trigger ...

Every major world religion has a process for moral accounting. That’s something we rarely talk about in secular society.

My love for the banana split is primarily visual. The dessert, traditionally served in a glass boat, has so many textures, ...

We know our past selves have changed—physically, emotionally, cognitively, interpersonally—but we also know that we are the same person from childhood into early adulthood and beyond. It's easy to ...

Grief is the shadow cast by love. It arrives uninvited, often when the flame of life dims or disappears altogether. In those moments, the world can feel unbearably dark. But even in the deepest night, ...

For over five millennia, handwriting has carried laws, stories, and ideas from one generation to the next. Now, reports ...

While it originally described a specific type of psychological manipulation, people now use it to describe almost any kind of ...