Forgetting in our day to day lives may feel annoying or, as we get older, a little frightening. But it is an entirely normal part of memory—enabling us to move on or make space for new information. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman via Getty Images Getting older goes hand in hand with forgetfulness — like not remembering the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Small lapses in memory aren’t a big deal if they're on par with people who are about the same age as us. (Getty Images) (Catherine ...

The brain may reuse some cells to store many different memories without mixing them up with or erasing older memories, a new ...

Social learning is typically thought to be most beneficial when the environments in which individuals live change quite slowly – they can safely learn tried and tested information from one another and ...

The next time forgetting inconveniences us, we should stop and consider its virtues. Forgetting allows us to manage our complicated lives – encouraging us to remember what’s important, inspiring us to ...

Forgetting a name involves language recall, while failing to recognize a face points to visual recognition networks.