It’s almost that time of year again: long nights in the library, bottomless coffee and a never-ending rainbow of highlighters, flashcards and notes. Most importantly, there’s that nerve-wracking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Professor and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez, shown working with brain samples, is exploring the science of memory manipulation.

"I did revise… it just didn't go in." Sound familiar? What about "I turned over the exam paper and my mind just went blank…" It's worrying to feel like everything you're doing to prepare for an exam ...

In this episode, Professor Charan Ranganath, director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at UC Davis and author of Why We Remember, reveals how memory truly works. He explains how our choices shape the ...

As a neuroscientist, I've spent the last 25 years researching the science of memory. A funny question I get a lot from people is: "Am I just getting dumber the older I get?" I don't blame anyone for ...

If you’ve followed this blog from its beginnings in 2009, you’ll know that it’s covered a wide territory. From initial interests in developmental psychology (I started it when I was coming out of a ...

Think of your happiest memory. A wedding, your child’s birth, or maybe just a perfect night out with friends. Sit with it for a moment. Remember the details. What were you wearing? What did it smell ...

“Die to the past every day, you don’t need it.” —Eckhart Tolle The retelling of one’s personal history has been the cornerstone of psychotherapeutic practice for decades, and so many of my clients are ...