There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...

Memory feels like a mental video archive, but psychologists have shown it behaves more like a creative editor, constantly ...

Why the brain fills in the gaps—even when it shouldn't Medically reviewed by Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, FAAN Confabulation is when someone unconsciously remembers things that didn't happen. People who ...

Does Mr. Monopoly wear a monocle? Is there a black stripe on Pikachu’s tail? And does the fruit in the Fruit of the Loom logo pour out of a cornucopia? Pikachu (left) has a yellow tail with a bit of ...

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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Deepasri Prasad, Dartmouth College and Wilma Bainbridge, University of Chicago (THE ...

A team of scientists have shown that they are able to implant false memories inside subjects that participated in a fascinating survey. The team of researchers published a new study in PLOS One, which ...

False memories cause real problems. A false identification sends an innocent person to prison. A false childhood memory can disrupt a family. But what if there are ways to reverse false memories? What ...