Age-related cognitive changes often include difficulties in retrieving memories, particularly
those that rely on personal experiences within their temporal and spatial contexts (ie …

There are declines with age in speed of processing, working memory, inhibitory function,
and long-term memory, as well as decreases in brain structure size and white matter …

People frequently continue to use inaccurate information in their reasoning even after a
credible retraction has been presented. This phenomenon is often referred to as the …

A New York Times Notable Book: A psychologist's “gripping and thought-provoking” look at
how and why our brains sometimes fail us (Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works). In …

One of the major lessons of memory research has been that human memory is fallible,
imprecise, and subject to interference. Thus, although observers can remember thousands …

Memory is prone to distortions that can have serious consequences in everyday life. Here
we integrate emerging evidence that several types of memory distortions–imagination …

Though often reliable, human memory is also fallible. This article examines how and why
memory can get us into trouble. It is suggested that memory's misdeeds can be classified …

Memory serves critical functions in everyday life but is also prone to error. This article
examines adaptive constructive processes, which play a functional role in memory and …

This article reviews research using the Deese/Roediger—McDermott (DRM) associative
memory illusion, whereby people falsely remember words that were not presented. This …

There is widespread evidence that memory deteriorates with aging, however the exact
mechanisms that underlie these changes are not well understood. Given the growing size of …