New psychology findings, discussed by Jessica Tarlov, explain why people forget names right after meeting them, asserting ...

While humans are observing their surroundings, their eyes tend to rapidly shift between different objects, people and details ...

Why do some people constantly quote movie dialogues in everyday conversations? Psychology suggests it may be linked to ...

Among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), verbal learning and memory are areas of weakness compared with other cognitive domains (e.g., visuospatial memory). In this study, ...

June 23, 2026 A new study suggests that learning and remembering speech relies more on how the brain processes sounds and sensations than on the areas that control mouth and face movements. The ...

A VegOut house column on daily practice and behavior change. Someone in your life still writes their grocery list on a scrap of paper before leaving the house. Maybe it is you. And at some point, ...

SINGAPORE - The mother was tired of fighting with her 12-year-old son over his phone use, which had affected his studies. This time, instead of another shouting match, she followed the advice of ...

There is something oddly persistent about a road trip. Long after the details of ordinary weeks have faded, people often remember stretches of highway, roadside cafés, unexpected detours and ...

Extensive practice can rewire the brain so a learned skill runs more automatically, making some forms of true multitasking ...

Repressed memories are memories that we unconsciously avoid thinking about, usually because of a traumatic experience. These memories are thought to be unconsciously blocked for several years and are ...

LONDON-Wikipedia does not trust artificial intelligence enough to let it play a direct role in editing articles on its platform, co-founder Jimmy Wales told AFP on June 22. The problem of AI ...