Rajani LaRocca describes herself as an omnivorous reader of novels, nonfiction, comic books and cereal boxes—and now, an omnivorous writer for young readers: novels and picture books, fiction and ...

You don't have to be a trivia buff to be great at remembering things. Monica Thieu, a four-time Jeopardy! contestant and winner of the game's 2012 college ...

Our memories form the bedrock of who we are. Those recollections, in turn, are built on one very simple assumption: This happened. But things are not quite so simple. “We update our memories through ...

It’s lunchtime, and you and your friend are hungry. You venture into the kitchen and make your favorite sandwich—peanut butter and jelly. You assume your friend can make the same thing, but they have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Craig S. Smith, Eye on AI host and former NYT writer, covers AI. Seven years and seven months ago, Google changed the world with ...

Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez has found ways to plant memories in mice. Here's what that could mean for humans.

Oh, how familiar it is: You put your phone down, and a few minutes later you’re looking for it everywhere…in the kitchen, in your purse, on the floor—Did I leave it in the car? Or you run into a ...

You're driving home at night, windows down, and a song you haven’t heard in years comes on. Suddenly, you’re no longer in your car. You’re at a high school dance, slow-dancing with someone you haven’t ...

Episodic memory is a type of long-term memory. It helps you remember the time, place, and details surrounding a specific event or experience in your life. For example, remembering what you had for ...

We tend to think of human memory as if it's one of those old steel filing cabinets: some information gets stashed inside, and when the time comes, we hope we can find it by flipping through the tabs ...