A bunch of people in the audience took photos of that slide. Both findings seem easy to remember, if only because the research confirms what most people feel about meetings: Most of the time, the only ...

Don't sweat forgetting names; it's normal! Your brain prioritizes what's important, and names often lack context, making them ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People tend to lose prospective memory as they age. Malte Mueller/fStop via Getty Images Have you ever walked into a room and then ...

Dementia, a group of neurodegenerative diseases that damage the brain and affect nearly a million people in the UK, is the UK’s leading cause of death. The symptoms span from struggling with daily ...

Forgetting is part of our daily lives. You may walk into a room only to forget why you went in there—or perhaps someone says hi on the street and you can't remember their name. But why do we forget ...

The human brain’s ability to store and recall information remains one of science’s most intriguing areas of study. From remembering where we placed our keys to preserving precious moments with loved ...

That frustrating moment when you walk into a room and completely forget why you went there isn’t just a quirky brain glitch—it’s your brain literally being inflamed and struggling to form and retrieve ...

The night after my high school graduation, most of my classmates hit the bars to get drunk. Rather than join them, I picked a tamer celebration, assuming that I would be less likely to get into ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. If the neurologist Dr. Daniel Lesley sees 10 patients a day, at least half ask him the same question: Are ...

Footprints in the sands of time, and all that -- Must we deform the past in order to preserve it? -- What is collective memory actually good for? -- The victory of memory over history -- Forgiveness ...