Have you ever walked into a room and then wondered why you went there? If you’ve experienced this phenomenon, you’ve had a prospective memory lapse. Memory usually means remembering things that have ...

Getting older goes hand in hand with forgetfulness — like not remembering the name of the new restaurant in town or misplacing your glasses. And while it can be frustrating, it isn’t instantly ...

One of the most actively debated questions about human and non-human culture is this: under what circumstances might we expect culture, in particular the ability to learn from one another, to be ...

Wondering how to get a good memory? Not only can this habit help you preserve it as much as possible as you age, but it can ...

Social learning is typically thought to be most beneficial when the environments in which individuals live change quite slowly – they can safely learn tried and tested information from one another and ...

We take them for granted until we can’t. That’s why so many business owners confide that their darkest fears have less to do with failure than with forgetting. (And, why some true entrepreneurs spend ...

Doctors say a medical evaluation is necessary to evaluate cognitive fitness. In a special counsel report released last week, President Joe Biden was described as potentially being seen by prospective ...

One character’s words at the beginning of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (1944) are, “The play is memory. Being a memory play, it is sentimental, it is dimly lit, it is not realistic.” ...

From time to time, I have had to reintroduce myself to friends who have forgotten who I am. Bob, a longtime friend who recently survived a stroke, might remember me. He reportedly struggles with short ...