Mental health professionals told News18 that prolonged exposure to toxic air is increasingly linked to anxiety, low mood, ...

There are subtle signals that don’t need to be forced or explained. They come from emotional security and leave a deep mark ...

Do you swear you think back to your childhood when you smell a certain type of cookie? There's a science behind the ...

Interestingly, some of the year’s most satisfying viewing experiences came from slots outside the conventional prime-time ...

Many days blur together in our memories, but emotionally charged moments tend to leave a much sharper image. These experiences tend to stay with us for a long time, often becoming the milestones of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A minority of people have hyperthymesia, or highly superior autobiographical memory, so they can remember events in their lives in cinematic detail.

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

State dependent memory (SDM) occurs when memory retrieval varies with the individual's psychological and physiological state at encoding and recall. Growing evidence shows that internal states shape ...

Editor's Note: An excerpt of this interview ran in WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. There’s a wave of dementia coming, ...

Summary: A new study reveals that intentional memory control—deciding what to remember or forget—is more powerful than emotional influence when forming long-term memories. Participants were more ...

This article is dedicated to my parents and to the millions of people across the world impacted by dementia. When I shifted my attention from what my mother could not remember to the life she has ...