What was your favorite toy growing up? This paradox claims that memory—and every other one—is just a random fluctuation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Understanding how the brain recalls (and doesn’t) recall memories could lead to better treatments for memory disorders.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The beauty of memories is that even though they get tucked away in the corners of our minds, they are always ready to surface when ...

Of all the things we collect during a lifetime, memories are perhaps the most lasting and meaningful. Because memories, whether good or bad ones, connect us to our past and form the stories of our ...

Some memories are easy to recall—lush with detail, fresh as the moment itself. Others are more tenuous, like faded sketches, and the most stubborn ones can refuse to resurface at all. Why do our ...

A study from the University of East Anglia is helping scientists better understand how our brains remember past events—and how those memories can change over time.

Nick Haslam receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Milan Kundera opens his novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting with a scene from the winter of 1948. Klement Gottwald, leader of ...

Around 40 years ago, I was invited to appear on London Weekend Television’s The Six O’Clock Show. My mother was excited, first that I was to be appearing on television at all, and second because she ...

Picture the Monopoly Man. Is he wearing a top hat? How about a monocle? The first is true, but if you imagined the board game mascot with fancy eyewear, you have experienced a false memory. False ...

Memories are like little time capsules, each one holds a story of our journey through life. They are threads that connect us to people, places and moments that shape who we are. Thanks to them, every ...