Memory is not a video recorder, even though we might like to think it is. Our eyes are not lenses through which we perfectly capture reality. Our brain is not a flash hard drive. Rather, memory is ...

If you distinctly remember the Berenstain Bears books being spelled "Berenstein" or you know Pikachu has a black-tipped tail, you're not alone, but you're not correct. Don't worry, your brain isn't ...

© Andreblais | Dreamstime.com - Mask With Human Face Photo Royalty Free A hailstorm of criticism continues to be leveled at NBC news anchor Brian Williams for ...

Have you ever taken a moment to wonder whether those yesterdays of yours were real or not? Nothing is quite as unnerving yet intriguing as the belief that our past could be nothing more than an ...

Have you ever been convinced that something is a particular way only to discover you’ve remembered it all wrong? If so, it sounds like you’ve experienced the phenomenon known as the Mandela Effect.

Human memory might be even more unreliable than currently thought. In a new study, scientists found that it’s possible for people to form false memories of an event within seconds of it occurring.

Source: Matthew Baxter, used with permission. In the recent court case of British former socialite and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell, her legal team called in a false memory expert. False ...

Let’s say you typically eat eggs for breakfast but were running late and ate cereal. As you crunched on a spoonful of Raisin Bran, other contextual similarities remained: You ate at the same table, at ...

The human brain is a complex, miraculous thing. As best we can tell, it’s the epitome of biological evolution. But it doesn’t come with any security software preinstalled. And that makes it ...

A €1.5m UCC-led project will investigate whether false memories can be adaptive, functional, and even improve wellbeing ...