In new UChicago study, researchers used Minecraft to test whether positive or negative emotion makes the recall method more ...

Researchers have learned a lot about how memory works. Their insights form the basis of clever strategies that help us ...

A strong memory sounds like an unmitigated good, but science shows that vivid recall can distort your reality, fuel anxiety ...

Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you were there? Or struggled to recall a key detail during an important conversation? Memory lapses like these can feel frustrating, even inevitable, ...

A study using electroencephalography found that the extent of memory retention after sleep is associated with time spent in slow wave sleep. The location where the brain shows neural activity ...