Many parents wonder why their children struggle with memory. Research suggests that memory can be improved through various ...

Forgetting is an unrealistic expectation, and in many cases, it’s healthier—and safer—to remember offenses rather than trying to erase them from your memory.

The human capacity to forget is not merely a failure of memory but a fundamental adaptive mechanism. Memory suppression and intentional forgetting involve the active inhibition of unwanted or ...

Many of us rely on a cup of coffee to get going in the morning, but a new study suggests that walking could be a better way ...

Here are five reasons why “forgive and forget” is terrible advice for trauma survivors: 1. Forgetting Is Not Forgiving Genuine forgiveness requires memory, not its absence. If you have no ...

"The key to an excellent memory is to take intentional actions to improve your cognitive abilities every day," writes Anthony ...

The brain is wired to remember images better than abstract symbols. Students who “see” formulas in action—through diagrams, ...

Forgetting doesn’t merely de-clutter memory; it also serves emotional ends. Selectively deleting unpleasant memories increases happiness.

And memory is one of those machines with many moving parts," says Charles Fernyhough, professor of psychology at Durham University in the United Kingdom.

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” The observation by novelist Milan Kundera was initially about the situation in Communist Czechoslovakia, where ...

In order to fight our natural tendency to forget information, it is essential to reactivate it in our memory. But, how often? Research in cognitive psychology provides answers to this question.