Music can lift your spirits, calm your nerves, or break your heart in a few notes. It can also nudge what you remember, but not always in the way you might expect. A new study takes a close look at ...

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology demonstrated that emotion enhances memory for contextual details, challenging the view that emotion impairs the ability to ...

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology demonstrated that emotion enhances memory for contextual details, challenging the view that emotion impairs the ability to ...

Working memory influences how you manage emotions in daily life. It serves as your mental workspace, allowing you to hold and ...

Many days blur together in our memories, but emotionally charged moments tend to leave a much sharper image. These experiences tend to stay with us for a long time, often becoming the milestones of ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers exploring the brain structures involved in recalling an emotional memory a year later have found evidence for a self-reinforcing "memory loop" -- in which the brain's ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

Aug. 6 -- If you saw a tornado coming your way tomorrow morning, chances are you'd have a very accurate memory of it, for a very long time. So why can't you remember where you parked your car? One of ...

Emotional memories are powerful. They serve to guide and inform us as we navigate through the present and prepare for the future. If you’ve ever tasted something spoiled, you recognize one of the ways ...