Memory updating is impaired in old age, yet little is known about the mechanisms behind the process and what goes wrong with older age. A team of researchers found that blocking a repressive enzyme ...

Everyone has moments of forgetfulness from time to time, especially as we get older. But older adults don't just have difficulty remembering new information. They also have a harder time modifying ...

Memory is a continually unfolding process. Initial details of an experience take shape in memory; the brain’s representation of that information then changes over time. With subsequent reactivations, ...

I believe in stories. They are the way we create meaning. Meaning is how we cognitively understand and reconcile our past. Part of being a happy person is learning how to tell yourself heroic stories ...