AI tools like ChatGPT can now remember everything about us. But is a perfect digital memory actually a psychological trap?

Forgetting in our day to day lives may feel annoying or, as we get older, a little frightening. But it is an entirely normal part of memory—enabling us to move on or make space for new information. In ...

But latest research suggests forgetting is good for the brain. Seems like the kind of contradiction we didn’t really need in ...

Psychology says people who forget the names of acquaintances but just remember their faces aren't always dealing with poor ...

One of the most actively debated questions about human and non-human culture is this: under what circumstances might we expect culture, in particular the ability to learn from one another, to be ...

Neurologist Andrew Budson and neuroscientist Elizabeth Kensinger not only explain how memory works, but also share science-based tips on how to keep it sharp as we age in their new book, "Why We ...

“Why drag about this corpse of your memory,” Emerson offered in “Self-Reliance.” It was an invitation to let go of past beliefs and things once said aloud — indeed, former versions of ourselves — for ...