Couples often finish each other’s sentences. New research suggests they may also help edit each other’s memories. A study ...

Carry-over effects pose an intriguing oneiric paradox: the dream is not real, but it has real effects on our body and ...

The human capacity to forget is not merely a failure of memory but a fundamental adaptive mechanism. Memory suppression and intentional forgetting involve the active inhibition of unwanted or ...

For decades, psychologists and neuroscientists have propagated a dismal picture of the human mind. We are told that far from being rational, most of what we think and do is propelled by irrational ...

Recently I wrote about how sex might be different if people could forgive. This week, I'd like to imagine how sex could be different if only we could forget. I don't mean "forget" in the traditional ...

Everyone is constantly evolving, grappling with new issues, and crafting new experiences in their daily lives, which can make it hard to pause and take a second for mindfulness. They may learn a ...