A study in mice suggests infantile amnesia is not a failure of memory, but a developmentally useful process guided by brain ...

Why certain memories stay with us for a lifetime and what sparks them.

The Fading Affect Bias (FAB) refers to the tendency for the emotional intensity associated with unpleasant autobiographical events to decay more rapidly over time than that linked to pleasant events.

This post was updated Jan. 13 at 8:28 p.m. Nostalgia feels like a constant companion as a fourth-year student. College will soon be over, and I will begin the next chapter of my life. As a kid, ...

People viewed the tiny colored squares (in the larger box at the top) for a tenth of a second; then, after 1 second and after 4 seconds, they could usually match the color of the highlighted box to a ...

Jerusalem: While memories themselves may fade, the explanations people give for why they remember events remain detailed and stable over time, a new ...

Remember how you felt in the not-so-good times? While we certainly remember what happened, our emotional recall dims with time. Researchers have found that the mind is biased toward positive emotional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Those dusty shoeboxes in the closet aren't just taking up space; they are holding fading memories ...