Memory Disaster Memory and Dismemory The psychology of remembering and forgetting catastrophe. Posted October 15, 2022 | Reviewed by Vanessa Lancaster ...

But forgetting names or dates, as Biden has, doesn't necessarily impair decision making. Older people can have deep knowledge and good intuition, which can help counteract such memory lapses.

What causes forgetting? This is perhaps the most central question to memory research and motivated even the earliest memory research, yet remains hotly debated today. One of the oldest theories of ...

The human brain is capable of storing 300 years of continuous video. Why, then, do we forget to do mundane things like turning off the lights or calling our friends back?

In a new co-authored book, Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and ...

Psychology studies suggest an inclination to forgetting people’s names after meeting them may not necessarily signify a bad memory. Other factors could be the reason you forget names shortly after ...

An important part of the human brain has to work harder to actively forget a memory than it does to remember it, according to the results of a newly-published study. The research is a step towards ...