Behavior & Society
What Netflix's "The Confession Tapes" Teach Us about the Psychology of Interrogations
The take-home message is that we need to change the way police do interrogations--and do it fast
Stories by Julia Shaw
Policy & Ethics
The Perils of Public Outreach
A culture that normalizes hypercritical peers is a problem for scientists who want to reach beyond academe
Behavior & Society
Is a Drunk Witness a Bad Witness?
Eyewitness memory appears to be largely unaffected by mild or even moderate alcohol consumption
Behavior & Society
It's Okay That You Don't Like Mornings--Your Memory Probably Doesn't Either
How sleep, circadian rhythms and chronotype affect your ability to remember
Cognition
The Road to Pseudoscientific Thinking
How to prevent the most salient feature from being the least informative
Behavior & Society
I'm a Scientist, and I Don't Believe in Facts
The benefits of a post-truth society
Cognition
Remember Pearl Harbor? Maybe....
Our brains are great at creating personal versions of historical fiction
Cognition
Super-Recognizers Lurk among Us
Some people are so good at remembering faces that it’s downright creepy
Cognition
Why Do We Forget?
Two phenomena, known as decay and interference, play a role, depending on what it is we're trying to remember
Cognition
What Experts Wish You Knew about False Memories
Just because you're absolutely confident you remember something accurately doesn't mean it's true
Cognition
How Well Can We Remember Someone's Life after They Die?
Our memories of our own lives are often unreliable, so it should be no surprise that the same is true for our departed loved ones
Behavior & Society
Brexit and Trump: When Fear Triumphs Over Evidence
The psychology behind why so many people are willing to ignore the experts
Cognition
The Memory Illusion
If you think all of your memories are real and accurate, think again
Neuroscience
Separating Science Fiction from Science Fact in Memory Research
The media (and scientists) often overstate how much progress the field has actually made
Cognition
Do You Suffer from Memory Blindness?
Someone can tamper with your statement about an event you witnessed—and you might come to believe the altered version is what you actually saw
Neuroscience
Controlling Memories with Ultrasound
Sonogenetics, the future of memory hacking
Behavior & Society
You Unintentionally Reference Freud All the Time
Understanding commonly used, and generally discredited, psychoanalytic terms
Cognition
How False Memory Changes What Happened Yesterday
It's such a terrifying but beautiful notion that every day you wake up with a slightly different personal past.
Mind
Ignoring Stuff Is Good for Your Memory
That's because a distracted brain is a forgetful brain
Mind
Stop Calling It False Memory "Syndrome"
The '90s called: they want their jargon back
