We create countless memories as we live our lives but many of these we forget. Why? Counter to the general assumption that memories simply decay with time, 'forgetting' might not be a bad thing—that ...

Forgetting can be a blessing and a curse. Some who've experienced a traumatic event cannot seem to forget, while others seem only to forget, and all too quickly. Dilemmas like these have led ...

What if forgetting isn’t a failure but an essential feature of your brain’s design? For decades, we’ve been taught to fear memory lapses misplacing keys, blanking on names, or struggling to recall a ...

Forgetting things can be annoying. It can even be worrying. What was that colleague’s name? What time is the appointment tomorrow? Was that vendor offering us 25 percent off 200 products, or 20 ...

The FIDO Alliance wants to remove our stupid brains from authentication entirely. With good reason. The world’s most common passwords are still 123456, 123456789, qwerty, and password. The most common ...

Whether you're trying to ace a test or pick up a new hobby, Iowa State Psychology Professor Shana Carpenter says combining two strategies—spacing and retrieval practice—is key to success. Carpenter is ...

In the quest to fend off forgetfulness, some people build a palace of memory. It’s a method for memorizing invented in ancient times by (legend has it) the Greek poet Simonides of Ceos, more recently ...