Several years ago, a woman I had been treating for an anxiety disorder disclosed to me that her supervisor had raped her 10 years earlier. When I asked why she was only now speaking of the rape, she ...

A memory is just a memory, isn’t it? Yes and no. Contributions from the "triune brain" model theory combined with traumatology advancements and neuroscience research reveal that we, in essence, have ...

As Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about an alleged sexual assault in high school by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, we looked at a few ways memories can ...

Most of what you experience leaves no trace in your memory. Learning new information often requires a lot of effort and repetition — picture studying for a tough exam or mastering the tasks of a new ...

Explicit memory is a type of long-term memory that’s concerned with recollection of facts and events. You may also see explicit memory referred to as declarative memory. Explicit memory requires you ...

The brain is key to our existence, but there’s a long way to go before neuroscience can truly capture its staggering capacity. For now though, our Brain Control series explores what we do know about ...