A person’s memory is a sea of images and other sensory impressions, facts and meanings, echoes of past feelings, and ingrained codes for how to behave—a diverse well of information.

Based on this, Charan Ranganath, a professor of psychology and neuroscience, provides practical tips in his book Why We Remember to improve memory by leveraging these two types. Many think memory ...

In a new co-authored book, Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A ... the ways our past experiences influence our current thoughts and behavior. “Everyone relies on memory, for ...

Short-term memory capacity is a core component of working memory. There are at least two types of short-term memory store. In the following resources, we will explore verbal short-term memory, and ...

a Ph.D. candidate in psychology at UC Davis and the study’s first author. This study included data from 2,062 children 9 to ...

The recent attempt to move research in cognitive psychology out of the laboratory makes autobiographical memory appealing, because naturalistic studies can be done while maintaining empirical rigor.

Asthma is associated with memory difficulties in children, and early onset of asthma may exacerbate memory deficits, according to a new study.