For encoding and storage, our memory is remarkable – taking in and representing an indefinitely large amount of information from the world. With retrieval, however, our memory is remarkably limited.

Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, creative process that reconstructs the past each time we reach for it.

When it comes to memory, we can go home again. While visiting the places of our past, we can take advantage of our visit to understand more about personal memory. In a recent self study, I traveled to ...

Over recent decades, research has increasingly supported the notion that specific patterns of eye movements can modulate memory retrieval processes. In particular, bilateral saccadic eye movements are ...

While memories may fade with time, the explanations people give for why they remember an event remain surprisingly stable and reliable, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

New research provides evidence that the repetitive thoughts occupying a person’s mind can directly influence the spontaneous memories they experience later. This phenomenon, termed “preoccupation ...

Listen to the first notes of an old, beloved song. Can you name that tune? If you can, congratulations — it’s a triumph of your associative memory, in which one piece of information (the first few ...