You’re late for an important meeting, but you can’t find your car keys. You know you have to do one more thing before you leave the office, but you can’t remember what. You run into an acquaintance ...

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 ...

Studies on the brains of zebrafish, like the one shown here, are helping scientists better understand memory, and the power of forgetting. Studies on the brains of zebrafish, like the one shown here, ...

“I have trouble remembering dates, like birthdays, anniversaries or appointments. I feel like I’m letting people down or missing out on things.” “I often forget where I put my keys, wallet, phone or ...

In a discovery that could reshape how we think about memory, researchers at Flinders University have found that forgetting is not just a glitch in the brain but is actually a finely-tuned process, and ...

The night after my high school graduation, most of my classmates hit the bars to get drunk. Rather than join them, I picked a tamer celebration, assuming that I would be less likely to get into ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, 20-year-old Vishvaa Rajakumar memorized 80 random numbers in 13.5 seconds—roughly six numbers per second. This feat helped him win the Memory League World Championship, a tournament ...

The human capacity to forget is not merely a failure of memory but a fundamental adaptive mechanism. Memory suppression and intentional forgetting involve the active inhibition of unwanted or ...

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 ...