We tend to break things down into smaller components to make remembering easier. Event Segmentation Theory explains how we do ...

A team of UChicago psychology researchers used fMRI scans to learn why certain moments carry such lasting power ...

Going home for the holidays shouldn’t feel this hard. Here’s why old places reopen old wounds even when you think you’ve ...

A new study shows that balanced neural inhibition in the hippocampus is crucial for recognition memory, the ability to remember objects we’ve recently encountered.

Rabbi Bruce D. Forman writes “when approached thoughtfully, Christmas can function as a once-a-year invitation for Jews to rest, reset, soften our emotional guard, and rediscover our own ...

A minority of people have hyperthymesia, or highly superior autobiographical memory, so they can remember events in their ...

This year, psychological scientists tackled profound and varied questions to help us better understand ourselves and the ...

Society places an expectation on parents to buy gifts, regardless of their financial circumstances, and children themselves ...

Life can be scary, and a lot of times we push certain fears aside just to get through the day. But when those fears show up ...

Rock-paper-scissors is usually a game of psychology, reverse psychology, reverse-reverse psychology, and chance. But what if ...

Mental health services force electroshock, rarely asking about causes like childhood adversities and recent stressors; few ...

Sometimes one Christmas tree just doesn't cut it. ‘Tis the season for multiple trees, sometimes one in every room, even the bathroom.