Forgetting is part of our daily lives. You may walk into a room only to forget why you went in there — or perhaps someone says hi on the street and you can't remember their name. But why do we forget ...

“I am more forgetful these days. Is this normal for old age or am I getting dementia?“ I started my last post with this question and reflected on how attention intersects with our memory. We first ...

While you might find yourself wondering why is my memory so bad, forgetting is part of life. In fact, people forget surprisingly fast. Research has found that approximately 56% of information is ...

This is a column about a helpful trick that will radically improve your memory with minimal effort so you can learn faster. But before I get to the science behind the technique and how it can help ...

Memory is a fundamental function of many living systems. It allows us to retain a history of our past experiences—our past interactions with the world and the consequences of those interactions. And ...

Episodic memory is a type of long-term memory. It helps you remember the time, place, and details surrounding a specific event or experience in your life. For example, remembering what you had for ...

Memory isn't just a collection of events. Instead, our brain intertwines the what, where, when, and how of experiences to give us the full picture. Sometimes our memory works in inexplicable ways, ...

Memory is the way your brain takes in and stores information so you can use it later on. Memories define who you are in a lot of ways. They help you recall things like important dates, facts, and even ...

As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people’s powers of recollection, I’m often asked how memory works – and what we can do to use it more effectively. Happily, ...

ChatGPT’s memory feature transformed the AI chatbot by letting it remember facts shared across conversations, allowing users to have a somewhat personalised version that knows their name, preferences, ...