Memory feels like a mental video archive, but psychologists have shown it behaves more like a creative editor, constantly ...

There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...

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

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 ...

False memories are much harder to implant than previously claimed by memory researchers and expert witnesses in criminal trials, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and Royal Holloway, ...

An experimental study in the United States found that having a conversational AI insert slight misinformation into conversations with users increased false memory occurrence and reduced memories of ...

That uncanny feeling strikes without warning. You walk into a room you have never visited before, yet everything seems strangely familiar. You know with absolute certainty that you have never been ...

In his new book, neuroscientist Steve Ramirez delves in the fast-growing field of memory manipulation, which is being explored as a treatment for depression and other mental health conditions. Reading ...