Two cognitive psychology researchers are debunking common misconceptions about human memory ... types of information. Getty Images/iStockphoto It’s time to forgive yourself for forgetting.

A normal degree of forgetting is a core element of memory ... Scientists have shown that declines in certain types of memory ability are a typical part of aging and do not necessarily reflect ...

In a new co-authored book, Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and ...

Psychology offers some fascinating insights into this puzzling situation that often leaves us feeling conflicted and confused. So, why do we forget what ... suggests that memory traces (engrams ...

Imperfect memory ... of psychology at the University of California, Davis who has spent the past 30 years exploring the brain processes behind our ability to recall, remember – and forget.

So what really happens when we forget ... of how our memory works — and dispelling some myths about memory. "Memory is not just one thing," Susanne Jaeggi, a professor of psychology at ...

It's easy to forget important events like ... Based on this, Charan Ranganath, a professor of psychology and neuroscience, provides practical tips in his book Why We Remember to improve memory by ...

But Ranganath says he's more interested in what we remember, rather than the things we forget ... Memory Lab at the University of California, Davis, where he's a professor of psychology and ...

“Our memory is designed not to be computer-like,” said William Hirst, professor of psychology at the New School for Social Research in New York. “It fades.” Forgetting is inextricably ...