Articles on Memory

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Everyday Errors

The Seven Sins of Memory

Memory can mess with your head.

By Daniel Schacter

Can Unwanted Memories Be Undone?

Cuing negative or traumatic memories during sleep may have surprising benefits.

By Anne M. Cleary Ph.D.

What Do You Mean You Don’t Remember?

How the importance of an event affects memory

By Art Markman Ph.D.

Heavy Marijuana Use Alters Teenage Brain Structure

Daily marijuana use changes teenage brain structure and impairs memory function.

By Christopher Bergland

Researchers and Practitioners Disagree on Repressed Memory

Although evidence for repressed memory is scant, therapists tend to "believe."

By Faith Brynie Ph.D.

False Memories in People With Superior Memory Abilities

They are just as vulnerable as everybody else.

By Faith Brynie Ph.D.

Why We Can't Remember the Things We Most Often See

See the tests that prove we forget what's right beneath our noses.

By Alan Castel Ph.D.

Out of the Ordinary

The Truth About Photographic Memory

It's impossible to recover images with perfect accuracy.

By William Lee Adams

Memory: Science (Non-)Fiction

Advances in memory research that would make Isaac Asimov swoon

By Sajel K. Shah

A New Drug to Erase Traumatic Memory Is not a Good Thing

There is only one treatment for trauma: to mourn the experience.

By Robert Berezin M.D.

Memory: Wiping the Slate

Is playing with memory humane—or is it just wrong?

By Ian Chant

Diagnosis: Telltale Forgetting

Faulty memory is a hallmark of schizophrenia.

By Mary Diduch

What Is Déjà Vu?

How can you know you have seen something you couldn't possibly have seen before?

By Art Markman Ph.D.