When a memory intrudes into your consciousness, seemingly unrelated to your ongoing thoughts, pay attention. That memory may be trying to tell you something. In fact, involuntary memories may be more ...

My good friend and mentor, Ulric Neisser, passed away recently. Since hearing the news, I've been flooded with memories - intrusive memories of happy experiences. Although I have not sought to ...

Several times a day, I can be washing dishes, just turning my head, or catching a particular angle of light, and suddenly I am dropped into a one‑second clip from my own past. It might be the view ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

They were then asked to carry a pocket-sized diary for 48 hours and record every involuntary memory they experienced during that time. For each memory, they noted the time, their age in the memory, ...