Darth Vader never said, “Luke I am your father.” So why do we all think he did? Here’s the science behind this strange phenomenon—and how AI is poised to send it into overdrive. Cape Town street art ...

Nelson Mandela, a renowned freedom fighter and anti-apartheid activist, spent 27 years in prison, a tale of resilience and hardship. Yet, his compelling story is often distorted in collective memory, ...

We’re confident in what we remember. We’re also consistently wrong, and that doesn’t seem to impact our beliefs. Exhibit A: Try to pick the correct version of the logos or characters in the image at ...

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Pop quiz, hotshot: does the guy on the Monopoly box (standard edition) wear a monocle? Next question: does the Fruit of the Loom logo involve a cornucopia? And finally, does Pikachu have a ...

Every day we encounter images on the wall, in newspapers, books, and electronic devices. Some become etched in our memory and some don't. The elements influencing whether we remember one image and not ...

Listening to music immediately after learning new information may help improve memory retention in older adults and ...

In a recent article in The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers investigated how the characteristics of music, when played after learning, influenced emotional arousal and memory. Building on these ...