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Jazmine Barnes Case Shows How Trauma Can Affect Memory
Imagine being held up at gunpoint. Do you trust you could remember the perpetrator’s face? The gun? Or would you have a better recollection of how loud the birds were chirping at that moment? “The
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Always Forgetting Important Things? Here’s How to Fix That, According to Science
Most people, when tasked with remembering something important, jot down a note. But a study published recently in the journal Experimental Aging Research says there may be a better way to keep memories fresh: draw
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Children’s Verbal Memory to Be Investigated in Replication Project
The editors of AMPPS invite researchers to apply to participate in this Registered Replication Report.
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Unrelated Events Are Linked in Memory When They Happen Close Together
Occurring within a brief window of time links two events in memory, such that calling forth memory of one helps retrieve memory for the other event.
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The Social Defense
Through lab experiments and field studies with survivors of historic wildfires, APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Richard A. Bryant has demonstrated the power of relationships and community to temper psychological trauma.
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Touch Can Produce Detailed, Lasting Memories
Exploring objects through touch can generate detailed, durable memories for those objects, even when we don’t intend to memorize the object’s details.
