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False memories are much harder to implant than previously claimed by memory researchers and expert witnesses in criminal trials, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and Royal Holloway, ...

Eyewitness memory is not entirely reliable. This unreliability can derive from inherent limitations in the perception of criminal acts (including relative darkness, brevity of exposure, and occlusion ...

How much can we trust our memories? We know that our mind keeps an imperfect record of the past. We can forget or misremember details, with frustrating consequences. Our attention can be diverted in ...

In his new book, neuroscientist Steve Ramirez delves in the fast-growing field of memory manipulation, which is being explored as a treatment for depression and other mental health conditions. Reading ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Scientists have found that memories are not static records but dynamic processes that change the brain’s wiring ...

Have you ever been certain that something happened, only to later realize it never did? These experiences are more common than you might think. Known as false memories, they are recollections that ...

Memory-enabled artificial intelligence agents that can store and recall user data for more intelligent and personalized decision-making are vulnerable to memory injection attacks that can manipulate ...

Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME. At a cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu places his phone on a gravestone and plays a recording of his son. They are words that the late student ...

Think of your happiest memory. A wedding, your child’s birth, or maybe just a perfect night out with friends. Sit with it for a moment. Remember the details. What were you wearing? What did it smell ...

Is a “false memory” anything like a lie? Asking for a friend… a friend in the FBI. Did it ever occur to anybody in the town of Canton to ever, you know, tell the truth? Especially to the FBI, if maybe ...