Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Understanding how the brain recalls (and doesn’t) recall memories could lead to better treatments for memory disorders.

The Fading Affect Bias (FAB) refers to the tendency for the emotional intensity associated with unpleasant autobiographical events to decay more rapidly over time than that linked to pleasant events.

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Oct. 28. I’m Frank Shyong, a columnist writing about race, immigrant communities and diaspora. Sometimes around Chinatown ...

People viewed the tiny colored squares (in the larger box at the top) for a tenth of a second; then, after 1 second and after 4 seconds, they could usually match the color of the highlighted box to a ...

This post was updated Jan. 13 at 8:28 p.m. Nostalgia feels like a constant companion as a fourth-year student. College will soon be over, and I will begin the next chapter of my life. As a kid, ...

Perhaps you can relate. In our mid-70s, Jeanetta and I each tend to be increasingly forgetful of things we once easily recalled, like long-familiar names we should know and where we placed our keys or ...

There’s something sacred about memory. How we hold one another, moments in time together, the connection, the love, and being in union as we merge together as a unified memory. The most intimate acts ...

Some experiences imprint themselves so deeply that they feel as vivid decades later as the day they happened, while others evaporate within hours. Neuroscientists are now mapping the circuitry and ...