There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...

Why the brain fills in the gaps—even when it shouldn't Medically reviewed by Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, FAAN Our memory isn't always as reliable as we'd like to think. For example, sometimes people ...

Ever wake up convinced something happened that actually didn’t? That vivid memory of a conversation with your friend, a movie you’re sure you watched, or an event that feels completely real but never ...

President Biden has a long history of telling stories that are embellished, if not outright fabricated, but his falsehoods are increasing rapidly. Mental health experts say the false memories might be ...

Let's say you typically eat eggs for breakfast but were running late and ate cereal. As you crunched on a spoonful of Raisin Bran, other contextual similarities remained: You ate at the same table, at ...

While some decline in the ability to remember is a normal part of aging, for a subset of people, growing older brings the onset of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. In such ...

In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash ...

A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology uncovers an uncomfortable fact about the anxiously attached individual: their minds falsify memories far more than the average ...