In the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, science has found a way to erase bad memories. The movie ultimately makes the point that our memories form our identities, and as painful as it is ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

The article “Epigenetic Priming of Memory Updating during Reconsolidation to Attenuate Remote Fear Memories” (published in Cell Magazine Volume 156, Issues 1-2, 16 January 2014, Pages 261-276) makes a ...

The human brain filters through a flood of experiences to create specific memories. Why do some of the experiences in this deluge of sensory information become “memorable,” while most are discarded by ...

The colorful packages lining supermarket shelves hide more than convenience—they contain ingredients potentially damaging your brain’s ability to form and retain memories. While food technology has ...

"Scientists find secret of reversing bad memories," published in the Telegraph from an article in Nature, extends a dangerous trend in neuroscience—It makes false and non-credible promises from ...

Managing distressing memories through existing therapies, mindfulness, and support networks remains the most accessible path. As research continues, the dream of selectively forgetting the bad while ...

You find yourself at an unexpected loss for words, struggling to describe or provide information you know well, only to have the details pop back into your mind out of nowhere later the same day. Or ...

She was worried about the lump and worried about the children who were worrying about her. She was, however, most worried about the anesthesia. “What if I don’t wake up?” just wasn’t a question I ...