Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman via Getty Images Getting older goes hand in hand with forgetfulness — like not remembering the ...

Some animals never forget—and not just in that folksy, "elephants remember everything" way. Across land, sea, and sky, ...

Researchers use MEG imaging to show that the brain reactivates "forgotten" memories, but they only reach consciousness if they pulse at a specific rhythm.

Memory researcher Dr. Scott Small would like to reassure you that you’re not losing your wits. Visit him in his lab at Columbia University’s Medical Center, tell him how the last time you went to a ...

“People have an absolute terror of losing their memory and thinking they're losing themselves,” says Lesley, who works at ...

One of the most actively debated questions about human and non-human culture is this: under what circumstances might we expect culture, in particular the ability to learn from one another, to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People tend to lose prospective memory as they age. Malte Mueller/fStop via Getty Images Have you ever walked into a room and then ...

The human capacity to forget is not merely a failure of memory but a fundamental adaptive mechanism. Memory suppression and intentional forgetting involve the active inhibition of unwanted or ...

You're at a party or a networking event. Someone comes up to you with a warm demeanor and a huge smile. They greet you by ...

One of the most actively debated questions about human and non-human culture is this: under what circumstances might we expect culture, in particular the ability to learn from one another, to be ...

The night after my high school graduation, most of my classmates hit the bars to get drunk. Rather than join them, I picked a tamer celebration, assuming that I would be less likely to get into ...