Researchers identify "meal memory" neurons in laboratory rats that could explain why forgetting lunch leads to overeating. Scientists have discovered a specific group of brain cells that create ...

What causes forgetting? This is perhaps the most central question to memory research and motivated even the earliest memory research, yet remains hotly debated today. One of the oldest theories of ...

Forgetting names is a common experience, not a sign of a failing brain, but rather a byproduct of how our brains prioritize meaning over arbitrary labels. This phenomenon is often a retrieval failure, ...

My husband and I were discussing a vacation we took over the last couple of years the other day. “Was that 2021?” he asked, “or 2020?” I racked my brain but, despite it having been a lovely trip, I ...