Hollywood loves a superpower. Not all involve capes or cosmic rays. Some are cognitive: characters who can remember everything. In movies and on TV, viewers repeatedly encounter those with ...

Think of your happiest memory. A wedding, your child’s birth, or maybe just a perfect night out with friends. Sit with it for a moment. Remember the details. What were you wearing? What did it smell ...

I was staying in a hotel with our two grandsons and the fire alarm went off at 1 a.m. We threw on coats, hustled down the stairs, and stood in the cold in front of the building. While most fire alarms ...

Scientists have uncovered a stepwise system that guides how the brain sorts and stabilizes lasting memories. By tracking brain activity during virtual reality learning tasks, researchers identified ...

We often treat memory like a mental hard drive, assuming that the better we remember details, the better we’re doing in life. We praise people who can ace trivia, recall minute details from decades ...