Various theories have been proposed, though no one theory is likely to explain all cases of savants’ memory abilities. Among the proposals are that dysfunction in one area of the brain may lead ...
A normal degree of forgetting is a core element of memory, allowing people to dispense with information for which they no longer have much use. Of course, forgetting causes problems, too.
“Losing working memory means that retaining that information might require more effort and be more challenging.” The new observational study, published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network ...
As time passes, the visual information that illustrates our memories fades away, Boston College researchers report Like old photographs, memories fade in quality over time – a surprising finding for a ...