Do you remember the time President Obama shook hands with Iranian president Ahmadinejad? If you took part in a recent psychological study, it’s possible that you will. More than 5,000 participants ...

As we age, it’s normal to have concerns about our cognitive health, especially for those who have a family history of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. Nicholas Frost, MD, PhD, and ...

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Memory defines us in so many ways, but it’s not exactly what we think it is. We tend to imagine memory almost like a filing cabinet — a faithful record of the past we can pull from when needed. But ...

In a world saturated with stories—from ancient myths to TikTok clips—narratives knit together emotion, memory, and meaning. A new study in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that how a story is told ...

Your ability to recall the what, when, where, and how of a past experience comes from episodic memory, a type of long-term, explicit memory. Your memory allows you to retain information so you can use ...

A few years ago, there were twin sisters both enrolled as graduate students in the Cognition and Development program at Emory University, where I teach. We were in a seminar discussing childhood ...