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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One afternoon in February 2011, seven researchers at the University of California, Irvine sat around a long table facing Frank Healy, a bright-eyed 50-year-old visitor from South Jersey, taking turns ...

Memories are tricky and can comprise much more than our actual recollections. “I find it so interesting, but also scary, that we base our entire identity and what we think about our past on something ...

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, ...

A familiar scent triggers childhood memories for our brain columnist, prompting him to wonder what is going on in his head. The toy cupboard at my grandmother's house had a particular smell. I cannot ...

Implicit and explicit memory are both types of long-term memory. The information we store or remember unconsciously is called implicit memory, while the information we memorize consciously is known as ...

Neuroscientists are exploring the possibility of retrieving memories from a dead person's brain, but face significant challenges due to the complex nature of memory storage. Key difficulties include ...