Memory is not a video recorder, even though we might like to think it is. Our eyes are not lenses through which we perfectly capture reality. Our brain is not a flash hard drive. Rather, memory is ...

I was eleven-years-old when the 9/11 attacks happened. I have a vivid memory of walking home from school in the UK with my grandmother that day. We passed a shop with a bank of TVs facing into the ...

Rich false memories of autobiographical events can be planted - and then reversed, a new article has found. Rich false memories of autobiographical events can be planted -- and then reversed, a new ...

Memory shapes us. Our beliefs, thoughts, fears, rationalities – all are shaped by our past experiences in the form of memory. Memories anchor us to the past and help us make sense of the present.

If you distinctly remember the Berenstain Bears books being spelled "Berenstein" or you know Pikachu has a black-tipped tail, you're not alone, but you're not correct. Don't worry, your brain isn't ...

Source: Matthew Baxter, used with permission. In the recent court case of British former socialite and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell, her legal team called in a false memory expert. False ...

Breathe in, breathe out. Feel your body relaxing and the tension flowing out of you. As you count down from ten, imagine yourself descending a winding staircase. The corridor is lined with pictures of ...

It’s easy enough to explain why we remember things: multiple regions of the brain — particularly the hippocampus — are devoted to the job. It’s easy to understand why we forget stuff too: there’s only ...

The human brain is a complex, miraculous thing. As best we can tell, it’s the epitome of biological evolution. But it doesn’t come with any security software preinstalled. And that makes it ...

Thus widespread incorrect information can subtly influence individual memories, giving rise to conspiracy theories and harmful false beliefs. Incorrect beliefs about the death of Nelson Mandela are ...