While the underlying mechanism is unclear, neuroscientists theorize saying something out loud separates and distinguishes it ...

An argument and the psychology of disputed memory : Short Wave It's not unusual for siblings to quibble over ownership of something — a cherished toy, a coveted seat in the car — or whose ...

Harvard cognitive psychologist Daniel Schacter’s work has underpinned a sea change in how we think about memory; namely, that ...

Explaining the science behind memory and memory loss—including why forgetting is a crucial property of memory, as well as strategies that help people remember better—is the subject of a new book ...

Controversy surrounding repressed memory—sometimes referred to as the “memory wars”—came to a head in the 1990s. While some believed that traumatic memories could be repressed for years ...

Memory is at the heart of cognitive psychology; the branch of psychology that deals with mental processes and their effects on human behaviour. Most of us take memory for granted until the point ...

Listening to familiar music can trigger vivid memories, and new research suggests that it isn't just sentimental lyrics or ...

Short-term memory. Your short-term memory is probably a lot shorter than you think. A classic study in cognitive psychology found that participants in a study could only recall 10% of random three ...

Educational psychology is a multifaceted discipline that bridges psychology and education, aiming to understand how people learn and how teaching practices can be refined to optimise learning ...

Cognitive and computational psychology is an interdisciplinary field that bridges traditional investigations of human thought with contemporary computational methods. By integrating empirical ...

In two studies, reported by Karpicke and his colleague, Purdue University psychology student Janell Blunt, a total of 200 students studied texts on topics from different science disciplines.