While memories may fade with time, the explanations people give for why they remember an event remain surprisingly stable and ...

Though we learn so much during our first years of life, we can’t, as adults, remember specific events from that time. Researchers have long believed we don’t hold onto these experiences because the ...

One weekday evening when I was 5 years old, my parents surprised my sisters and me with dinner at our small town’s most popular burger joint (a rare splurge on their limited budget). I ordered a ...