The times we spend with the people we love are precious, and we have so many memories of those times. And the best moments happen when you don't plan them. Share how meaningful those memories are on ...

Today, Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences Sydney Bourtros answers a child’s question: How does the brain make and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The beauty of memories is that even though they get tucked away in the corners of our minds, they are always ready to surface when ...

Kandel, who won a share of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, found that to build a memory that lasts hours, days or years, neurons must manufacture new proteins and expand the docks, as ...

As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people's powers of recollection, I'm often asked how memory works—and what we can do to use it more effectively. Happily, ...

You could say that making memories is our highest purpose. The experiences we remember fondly (or not) become part of who we are. So you can’t aim high enough when it comes to making good memories.