Memory for single, specific events can strongly influence our attitudes and behaviors — many years after the occurrence of these events. We draw powerful lessons from individual memories that then ...

Lessons from amnesia In the mid-20th century, famous case studies of amnesic patients were the early evidence of this distinction between semantic and episodic memory. For example, Henry Molaison and ...

In America, there are 40 days between Memorial Day and Independence Day. In Israel, zero. Israel’s Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron) begins at sundown on April 21, followed immediately by Independence Day ...

You might say you have a “bad memory” because you don’t remember what cake you had at your last birthday party or the plot of a movie you watched last month. On the other hand, you might precisely ...