A fantastical new novel from Karen Russell turns the whispered secrets of a Dust Bowl town into a bold metaphor for repressed history.

Does the Monopoly Man have a monocle? The answer may be a false memory. At UChicago, scientists are studying this phenomenon, known as the Mandela effect, and how false memories form.

Facebook Memories is a carefully thought-out feature that, every now and then, can remind you of some beautiful moments from the past. It works on nostalgia, and a whole lot of other feelings. But ...

Learn how our brains store memories, and why sleep is needed to retain old memories and prepare for new ones.

Why can’t we remember our early years? Do babies make memories at all? For the first time, scientists have observed memories forming in babies’ brains in real time.

MRI scans show that the brains of infants and toddlers can encode memories, even if we don’t remember them as adults ...

Infants can form memories, and they use a memory structure in the brain called the hippocampus to do it, researchers report in the March 21 Science.

Sleep has been shown to have a long list of physical and mental health benefits, and now a new study suggests it could also help to “erase" bad memories. Experts comment on the findings.

Neuroscientists are exploring the possibility of retrieving memories from a dead person's brain, but face significant challenges due to the complex nature of memory storage. Key difficulties ...

The science behind memories and music goes a lot deeper than you might thing.