Erasing "bad" or painful memories through sleep cues could transform how we treat a wide range of mental health conditions.

In an intriguing breakthrough, scientists have identified a novel method to alter the way we recall negative memories, ...

You find yourself at an unexpected loss for words, struggling to describe or provide information you know well, only to have ...

Imagine journeying through time, only to return with no recollection of your past. A recent report suggests that this could be a reality if time travel were possible. This concept of memory loss is ...

Because of his American education and the kindergarten he ran in Xingjiang that taught the Uyghur language, the linguist Tahir Hamut was incarcerated by the Chinese government for fifteen months in ...

You guys, scientists are learning to erase our memories! Everybody panic! Or … maybe not. First, of all, let’s talk about what the scientists (Richard Huganir and Robert Clem) actually did. According ...

The article “Epigenetic Priming of Memory Updating during Reconsolidation to Attenuate Remote Fear Memories” (published in Cell Magazine Volume 156, Issues 1-2, 16 January 2014, Pages 261-276) makes a ...