Your brain warps your memories so you can remember them better
Like a fisherman talking about the size of the one that got away, the brain exaggerates its memories. This exaggeration
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Distorting memories helps the brain remember
In order to remember similar events, the brain exaggerates the difference between them. This results in divergent brain activity patterns
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Here’s why memories come flooding back when you visit places from your past
We all know our memories get worse as time goes on—your recollection of what you did yesterday is probably a
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Extinguishing fear memories relies on an unusual change to DNA
QBI researchers have discovered a DNA modification that enhances our ability to extinguish fear. The findings, published in the journal
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Selective amnesia: How rats and humans are able to forget distracting memories
Our ability to selectively forget distracting memories is shared with other mammals, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge.
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You can’t ‘erase’ bad memories, but you can learn ways to cope with them
The film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind pitched an interesting premise: what if we could erase unwanted memories that
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Eye movements take edge off traumatic memories
Two human experiments published in JNeurosci demonstrate that a widely used yet controversial psychotherapy technique suppresses fear-related amygdala activity during
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