Now in its 22nd year, True/False often operates as a clearing-house of sorts for contemporary documentary anxieties, of which ...

You might think that the best way to counteract misinformation is to point out the truth. New research suggests a ...

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have studied the impact of two brain areas on the nature of memory content. The team from the Department of Neurophysiology showed in rats how the ...

It can be difficult to recall exactly when a specific event happened, and now it seems our memory can be tricked into pushing ...

A study led by Dr. Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, group leader of the Neural Mechanisms of Perception and Memory Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, has allowed scientists to observe ...

A study has demonstrated how neurons in the human brain generate memories and establish narratives. Contrary to previous beliefs, individual neurons represent the concepts we learn, regardless of the ...

House Speaker Mike Moyle on Friday introduced a bill to make it a felony crime to knowingly communicate a false statement about ... He provided the example about how it would be illegal to yell ...

John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He is co-author of The Eureka Factor: ...

Most people have memory distortions, but emotional states, health, age, and environment can all affect how things are remembered. False memories are memories that seem real but are not based in ...