Psychologist Daniel Kahneman made an important distinction between what he called the Experiencing Self and the Remembering ...

Newly decoded brain circuits make memories more stable as part of learning, according to a new study led by NYU Langone ...

“Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased,” Macbeth prayed. “Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow /Raze out the written ...

Why are we able to recall only some of our past experiences? A new study led by Jun Nagai at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan has an answer. Surprisingly, it turns out that the brain cells ...

While mentally disconnecting doesn’t sound productive, when it comes to remembering more, it is: Without those intermittent periods of lack of focus, memory consolidation doesn’t occur nearly as ...

Lifton’s writings bridged psychiatry, history and Jewish thought. He investigated how survivors of Hiroshima, Vietnam veterans and Holocaust survivors alike wrestled with trauma and memory. His ...