Memory is the way your brain takes in and stores information so you can use it later on. Memories define who you are in a lot of ways. They help you recall things like important dates, facts, and even ...

Human memory is amazing. Psychologists who study memory have subdivided it into several memory types. First, there is sensory memory, or memory for information coming into the brain via a sensory ...

Professor and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez, shown working with brain samples, is exploring the science of memory manipulation. (Alex Wenchel / National Geographic Society) We often think of memories ...