In a world saturated with stories—from ancient myths to TikTok clips—narratives knit together emotion, memory, and meaning. A new study in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that how a story is told ...

A strong memory sounds like an unmitigated good, but science shows that vivid recall can distort your reality, fuel anxiety ...

The soundtrack of this story begins with a vaguely recognizable and pleasant groove. But if I stop writing and just listen for a second, the music reveals itself completely. In Freddie Hubbard's ...

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 ...

In new UChicago study, researchers used Minecraft to test whether positive or negative emotion makes the recall method more ...

Listening to music while doing something can make that activity more enjoyable. But listening to music after an experience or activity can make it more memorable if you have the optimal emotional ...

Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood of memories? Maybe it’s the tune that was playing during your first dance or the anthem of a memorable road trip. People often think ...

Hormonal birth control is a fact of life for millions of women. In the U.S. alone, more than 60 million women of reproductive age have used contraceptives according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

Yiren Ren receives funding from the Center for Advanced Brain Imaging at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University. Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a ...

We often assume that memory belongs mainly to humans. That remembering faces, feelings, moments and bonds over years is a ...