Recent psychological research reveals that certain forms of strong memory can make people more prone to distortion, anxiety, and poor decisions, all while making them feel smarter and more accurate ...

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This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A strong memory sounds like an unmitigated good, but science shows that vivid recall can ...

That constant tab-switching habit might be doing more harm to your brain than you think. We’ve all been there – responding to emails while joining a Zoom call, scrolling social media during a TV show, ...

Researchers in the Brain Bridge Lab at UChicago have found that personal moments captured via social media allowed them to map out a multidimensional topography of memory—and it could open up new ...

Shakespeare's "fair youth" Sonnet 30 captures the essence of what it's like to recall episodic memories. The opening stanza says, "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought, I summon up remembrance ...

If you’ve ever been the person who remembers everyone’s birthday, obscure facts or entire movie scripts after a single watch, you could be tapping into a cognitive superpower – and it’s more valuable ...