In the fields of American history and American studies, there is a concept called a "usable past.” (The term was coined by literary critic and historian Van Wyck Brooks in the early 20 th century.) ...

Memory feels like a mental video archive, but psychologists have shown it behaves more like a creative editor, constantly ...

While memories may fade with time, the explanations people give for why they remember an event remain surprisingly stable and ...

We tend to think of human memory as if it's one of those old steel filing cabinets: some information gets stashed inside, and when the time comes, we hope we can find it by flipping through the tabs ...

Émilie Gerbier does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Imagine that you knew how much memory you had left in your brain. Maybe there’s a progress bar in the corner of your eye. Or maybe you can visualize the percentage at will. In any case, anytime you ...

A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how structural brain changes are tied to memory decline as people age. The ...