So complex and evanescent is memory, our best metaphors fall short. Yet memory builds that about us which often seems most solid—our sense of self. We remember, therefore we are. SHARE We never know ...

“I really like him” is how a conversation began with a friend this past weekend over Bloody Marys at La Esquina in NYC. She sat in front of me twisting her celery stick and allowing the red froth to ...

In Hillary Clinton’s now-infamous Bosnia comments, Elizabeth Loftus sees a lesson. “All that education, all that training, all that experience doesn’t protect you from having a false memory,” Loftus ...

My patient, Derek,* is a high-achiever. Like many high achieving individuals, he struggles under the weight of his own high expectations. He assumes that being harsh toward himself and always ...

"You really shouldn't tell me these things," replies Nadja Spiegelman's mother when the 15-year-old confides that she is no longer a virgin. A reader might react similarly to a book filled with ...

Scientists have successfully embedded a powerful magnetic memory chip on a flexible plastic material. This malleable memory chip hails a breakthrough in the flexible electronics revolution, and brings ...