We often think of memories like the contents of a museum: static exhibits that we view to understand the present and prepare ...

A new study shows that the human brain stores what we remember and the context in which it happens using different neurons.

Q: My wife and I have a question. Say two cars on a two-lane highway approach an intersection from opposing directions at the same time, both wanting to turn left. Usually both drivers make their ...

In his new book, neuroscientist Steve Ramirez delves in the fast-growing field of memory manipulation, which is being explored as a treatment for depression and other mental health conditions. Reading ...

Here come the Men In Black.....They're going to make you FORGET!! YEAH!! Theorists, you remember the Neuralyzer? That seemingly impossible magic pen that the agents of Men In Black used to wipe people ...

A Boston police officer who testified at Karen Read’s retrial that she falsely remembered seeing the Canton police chief and a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives agent alone with ...

Kelly Dever, a controversial witness in the Karen Read murder retrial who testified to having a “false memory,” has resigned from the Boston Police Department. Dever’s resignation became effective on ...

And so farewell, Boston Police Officer Kelly “False Memory” Dever, who first took a bullet for the team, and now takes a bullet to the head. The official statement from the BPD brass came out Friday ...

Ever wake up convinced something happened that actually didn’t? That vivid memory of a conversation with your friend, a movie you’re sure you watched, or an event that feels completely real but never ...

Eyewitness misidentifications have long been a source of wrongful convictions, casting doubt on the reliability of memory in the courtroom. But UC San Diego psychologist John Wixted says the story ...

In late June 2025, a Snopes reader inquired about a supposed new technology known as "Cognify" that is changing how criminals are incarcerated. "Is there really a program giving prisoners a choice to ...