Autobiographical memory encapsulates the personal recollections that shape an individual’s identity, providing a continuous narrative of one’s life. With advancing age, these memories often undergo ...

Never before have people recorded more information about their lives than today. But what does this mean for the way we remember our lives and how we talk about them? Researchers are trying to find ...

In Remembrance of Things Past, Marcel Proust marvels at how the taste of "plump little cakes called 'petites madeleines'" brought forth memories of Sunday mornings at Combray when he walked into to ...

Our minds have a tendency to latch onto negative experiences more strongly than positive ones. While occasional negative ...

Autobiographical memory refers to our ability to remember experiences that have shaped our lives since childhood. It consists of emotional and sensory memories of places, moments, and people, as well ...

Negative memory bias, the tendency to remember negative experiences more easily than positive ones, can fuel cycles of ...

A new survey of Danish school children during the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 shows how the formation of autobiographical memories was related to declines in mental health. (Getty Images) A ...

Emotional highs and lows and questions of who we are are a natural part of adolescence. During this transformative period, young people go through profound psychological changes that affect how they ...

In a study published in Neurocase this August, scientists at the Institut du Cerveau in Paris describe the extraordinary cognitive world of TL, a 17-year-old French student whose brain appears to be ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...