Why Do We Sometimes Feel Like We’ve Lived a Moment Before? (Déjà vu)
Déjà vu is a brief, eerie sense of having lived a moment before. Here is what memory research and brain recordings suggest is going on.
Memory
How the brain stores, replays and sometimes rewrites what we remember.
Why Your Brain Replays Embarrassing Memories at Night
Why awkward moments resurface as you try to sleep: emotional memory, a wandering mind, and what research says about rumination and sleep.
Why Does Your Brain Invent False Memories?
Memory is rebuilt each time you recall it, not replayed like a video. Here is why false memories are normal, and what research shows about how they form.
Why Do We Forget Names but Remember Faces?
You know the face, you know where you met, but the name won't come. Here is what research on face recognition and name recall says about why.
Why Some Smells Bring Back Childhood Memories Instantly
A whiff of a familiar scent can pull you straight back to childhood. Here is what smell's wiring to memory and emotion centers may explain, and what it can't.
