Or why we think something happened when it didn't Medically reviewed by Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, FAAN A false memory is a fabricated or distorted recollection of an event. Such memories may be ...

If you've ever noticed how memories from the same day seem connected while events from weeks apart feel separate, a new study reveals the reason: Our brains physically link memories that occur close ...

For many of us, memories of our childhood have become a bit hazy, if not vanishing entirely. But nobody really remembers much before the age of 4, because nearly all humans experience what’s termed ...

You may not be able to remember the details of blowing out your candles at your first birthday party, but that doesn’t mean you lacked the ability to store that event in your memory bank. In fact, a ...

"We were initially quite surprised by this observation, as it was inconsistent with how we thought memories were formed. We didn't think it was possible to have a long-term memory of an event without ...

The hippocampus serves as the primary learning and memory center of the brain, but this is not where our memories are held. Rather, memory traces or engrams are represented by the connections between ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When Todd Sacktor was about to turn 3, his 4-year-old sister died of leukemia. “An empty bedroom next to mine. A swing set with two ...