Modern lifestyles and dietary changes have significantly increased the consumption of high-fat foods, contributing to a steep ...

The more years that pass between my childhood and now, the more my memories fade. As I look back on experiences at primary school or cherished family holidays, sometimes I find myself agonising over ...

A €1.5m UCC-led project will investigate whether false memories can be adaptive, functional, and even improve wellbeing ...

Ever wake up convinced something happened that actually didn’t? That vivid memory of a conversation with your friend, a movie you’re sure you watched, or an event that feels completely real but never ...

In 1991, 19-year-old Oliver Campbell was convicted of murder and conspiracy to rob. He spent 12 years in prison. In 2025, his conviction was quashed, following new psychological evidence that revealed ...

After journalist Neil King Jr.’s walk through York County, he wrote about a “memory boom” sounding within its 900-plus square miles. That thunder should be heard beyond its borders, he wrote in his ...

Nick Haslam receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Milan Kundera opens his novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting with a scene from the winter of 1948. Klement Gottwald, leader of ...

In late June 2025, a Snopes reader inquired about a supposed new technology known as "Cognify" that is changing how criminals are incarcerated. "Is there really a program giving prisoners a choice to ...

If you have ever been under the impression that you remembered things differently from what is generally known to be a fact, then there is a chance that you might be experiencing the Mandela Effect.

Think of your happiest memory. A wedding, your child’s birth, or maybe just a perfect night out with friends. Sit with it for a moment. Remember the details. What were you wearing? What did it smell ...

If hearing an old song or getting a whiff of freshly sharpened pencils instantly carries you back to high school, you’re familiar with the link between your senses and memory. When a sensory ...

DEAR ABBY: My brother has been married for 25 years to “Gayle,” who has alienated herself and their family from everyone, including her own siblings, our siblings and the rest of our family as well.