You may have wanted to erase a traumatic memory or one that makes you feel sad or uneasy. You may also have experienced the opposite, suffering from memory loss or not remembering key elements of a ...

Erasing a memory like throwing away an old receipt? Forgetting a difficult breakup like deleting an old voicemail? It's an idea that makes you dream, or even shudder. This "science fiction fantasy" is ...

"While memories are great teachers and obviously crucial for survival and adaptation, selectively removing incapacitating memories, such as traumatic war memories or an unwanted fear, could help many ...

There's hope for bringing back long-forgotten memories if research from the government's top scientists is successful. Scientists with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are ...

A team in the UK has sifted through the human mind to discover how we retrieve memories, revealing that we trace back our steps. Have you ever wondered how you remember what you remember? What makes ...

Scientists have been working to decode the magic of the human brain for decades. Despite everything that we've learned over the years, there are still new discoveries to be made. And now, a new study ...

Suppression of fear-related memories after unpleasant experiences is very critical for adaptive behaviour, as it allows one to inhibit responses that could lead to psychiatric problems such as anxiety ...

A research team from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Barcelona, the UB Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro) and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) has identified, for ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is widely known for its core features, which include difficulties in social communication and ...