If you're experiencing memory issues, might your mental health be to blame? We spoke with an expert to learn more.

Why does a comforting touch stay with us for years, while other sensations quickly fade from our minds? A new paper offers a novel answer, proposing the first comprehensive neurobiological model of ...

Emotional experiences clearly affect memory. At the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy many people shared their memories of where they were when they heard the news that he had ...

Faul, L. & Kensinger , E.A. (accepted). Emotional memory. Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, 3rd Edition. Elsevier. Garcia, S.M. & Kensinger, E.A ...

Aging is associated with a decline in binding memories to their spatial context, including both spatial locations and background scenes. However, because emotions can enhance or impair memory ...

But there are ways to create the right conditions to make your studying as efficient as possible. My research into the science of memory shows that both novelty—new experiences—and familiarity can ...

Retrograde amnesia is the inability to remember past experiences. It's different than anterograde amnesia, which is the inability to form new memories. Types of retrograde amnesia have different ...