Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology demonstrated that emotion enhances memory for contextual details, challenging the view that emotion impairs the ability to ...

How are emotions and memory connected? Memories do not always reflect the continuous flow of experiences. Everyday memories are woven into meaningful units or episodes. This system of event ...

Music can lift your spirits, calm your nerves, or break your heart in a few notes. It can also nudge what you remember, but not always in the way you might expect. A new study takes a close look at ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

We’ve all heard anecdotes about the “power of music” to reconnect us with moments from our pasts. You may have seen one of several viral YouTube videos of a patient with dementia hearing a piece of ...

Imagine you’re watching a TED Talk live. The speaker you’ve been highly anticipating is a minute into the talk. What if, without warning, the speaker stopped talking and started crying? What would ...