As I have said before in this series about what it means to be human, evolution has given each of us a brain that is both remarkably large and extremely flexible in how it handles life’s demands. Thus ...

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As you think back on your early life, there are probably a few memories that stand out most strongly: your graduation dance (although probably not the ceremony), the name of the person you first dated ...

Can memories truly be read from the brain’s structure alone? A global survey of neuroscientists reveals surprising agreement on some points, and sharp divides on others, with implications for future ...

Milan Kundera opens his novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting with a scene from the winter of 1948. Klement Gottwald, leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, is giving a speech to the ...

Picture the Monopoly Man. Is he wearing a top hat? How about a monocle? The first is true, but if you imagined the board game mascot with fancy eyewear, you have experienced a false memory. False ...