When we talk to friends and family about our common past, we sometimes discover discrepancies in memory. But that doesn’t mean memory is unreliable. These discrepancies mainly illustrate differences ...

Memory for single, specific events can strongly influence our attitudes and behaviors — many years after the occurrence of these events. We draw powerful lessons from individual memories that then ...

Ian McEwan begins “Lessons,” his 17th published novel, with the “insomniac memory” of a piano lesson. Eleven-year-old Roland Baines sits at the keyboard in an Ipswich boarding school where his father, ...

Some researchers suggest these are not distinct types of memory, but rather stages of memory. In this view, memory begins in sensory memory, transitions to short-term memory, and then may move to long ...

Growing up, my mother would tell me to “stand up straight!” Doing so required concentration and repetition and took some getting used to. In time, though, I’d engrained the specific motor tasks of ...

When I came to Baltimore-based Erickson Living to work as a public relations summer intern, I imagined I would enrich my PR experiences and skills, but I never dreamed I’d walk away with such a wealth ...

A city school is launching a swimming project in memory of a teenager who died after getting into difficulty at a lake. Peterborough's Hampton Vale Primary Academy plans to install a portable pop-up ...

Thousands of elderly Holocaust survivors live in the South Florida area, although their numbers dwindle significantly with each passing year. Victims of one of the darkest periods in human history, ...

MOBILE, Alabama - When true freshman punter Corliss Waitman says South Alabama was the right choice for him to play his college career because it felt like home, he isn't just using a cliche. His ...