A team of UChicago psychology researchers used fMRI scans to learn why certain moments carry such lasting power ...

Repressed memories are memories that we unconsciously avoid thinking about, usually because of a traumatic experience. These memories are thought to be unconsciously blocked for several years and are ...

Stefania Brunetti remembers the day her younger sister was born like it was yesterday. "I was at my aunty's house, and she had answered the phone that was on the wall," the 45-year-old from Melbourne ...

If you're driving home for Christmas (insert Chris Rea earworm here)—and by that I mean the old family home—you're likely to ...

Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood of memories? Maybe it’s the tune that was playing during your first dance or the anthem of a memorable road trip. People often think ...

When you die, your memories die with you, never to be experienced again. Or at least, that’s always been how the case. Now, though, in an exercise to assess shifting scientific consensus, a cohort of ...

Snapchat gave users nine years to accumulate memories, and will now charge them to keep those memories. Behavioral economics reveals why this feels like psychological coercion.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook all have memory reminders — and they can be turned off if you don’t like ...

You can easily see Facebook Memories using the site's Memories function, which allows you to see what you did on this day years ago, for as many years as you've had your account. If you don't get a ...

Ever since Snapchat launched Snapchat Memories in 2016, it's been a steadfast feature allowing users to save Snaps and Stories on the social media app. Users simply swipe up from the camera to open ...

Memories are stored in a region of the brain called the hippocampus, shown in red in this computer illustration. Photo Researchers, Inc. Sitting at a sidewalk café in Montreal on a sunny morning, ...