Have you ever forgotten a lunch date and stood up a good friend? This can be embarrassing and disconcerting, a potential sign that your memory just isn’t what it used to be. But, according to a new ...

How often do you lose or misplace your keys? If the answer is often, then you're in luck. Psychologists have said it is not always a sign of a poor memory. In a new book called The Psychology of ...

It's easy to forget important events like a work deadline or an anniversary, but understanding how memory works can help. Cognitive psychologist Endel Tulving introduced the idea of episodic and ...

How Can Memory Be Preserved? Medscape: What strategies, both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic, have shown the most benefit in preserving memory? Dr De Brigard: To the best of my knowledge, we don't ...

The mysteries of how memory works are explained in a new book that suggests anyone can boost their powers of recall – and that losing your keys is normal. Dr Megan Sumeracki and Dr Althea Need ...

Research continues to indicate how imperative it is for us to start protecting our memory earlier in life. But when it comes to implicit vs. explicit memory, what’s the difference? Why are they ...

The mysteries of how memory works are explained in a new book that suggests anyone can boost their powers of recall – and that losing your keys is normal. Dr. Megan Sumeracki and Dr. Althea Need ...

It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory function, ...

Memory is how we make sense of our days — remembering names, finding our way home, telling the same favorite story again and again. When dementia enters the picture, those pieces of memory can start ...

Do you remember specific events from your past, relationships, or childhood that keep popping back into your mind? Once you know how memory works, you can use these memories, and even bring some up on ...