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

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

Memory shapes us. Our beliefs, thoughts, fears, rationalities – all are shaped by our past experiences in the form of memory. Memories anchor us to the past and help us make sense of the present.

During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren’t stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those pieces must ...