Activity Level and Memory: The results clearly show that speakers and addressees recalled significantly more content from ...

A new study finds that positive emotions boost learning by strengthening neural patterns during repeated study, leading to ...

Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Want to remember things better ...

Memory helps us make sense of the present by retrieving past experiences based on either surface-level similarities or deeper ...

A group of researchers used data from more than 10,000 people to determine if there was a connection between well-being and ...

A new longitudinal study suggests that overall well-being—and especially a strong sense of purpose—are important components ...

While the underlying mechanism is unclear, neuroscientists theorize saying something out loud separates and distinguishes it from “mere” thoughts. (You didn’t just think it. You also heard it.) That ...

Harvard cognitive psychologist Daniel Schacter’s work has underpinned a sea change in how we think about memory; namely, that the act of remembering might be the key to how we imagine our futures.

If memories are the black box of our past, they can also shed light on the present by giving meaning to new situations. But how does memory retrieve ...

Listening to familiar music can trigger vivid memories, and new research suggests that it isn't just sentimental lyrics or ...