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How a Little Bit of Anxiety May Improve Your Memory

By Cari Nierenberg published

Can anxiety be a good thing?

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What Is 'Water Memory'? Why This Homeopathy Claim Doesn't Hold Water

By Rafi Letzter published

After the FDA announced plans to crack down on homeopathic medicines, Live Science asked chemists what, if anything, the world is losing.

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How Your Brain Blocks Out Unwanted Thoughts and Memories

By Rafi Letzter published

The chemical key to controlling thoughts and memories? It might be molecule called GABA.

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Forget Me Not: History's 17 Most Bizarre Amnesia Cases

By Mindy Weisberger published

Amnesia is a popular plot device in movies and television, but real-life instances of memory loss are arguably more bizarre than anything seen on the screen.

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This boy won’t remember all the shells he digs up, but he’ll learn that the beach is the place to find them.

Why the Brain Forgets Details to Make Sense of the Bigger Picture

By Dan Robitzski published

Your brain cares more about the big picture.

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Zapping the Brain at Certain Times Improves Memory

By Agata Blaszczak-Boxe published

New findings may one day help researchers develop technologies that could aid people with memory loss.

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What Is Short-Term Memory Loss?

By Kim Ann Zimmermann published

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American Airlines Flight 587 crashed shortly after takeoff on Nov. 12, 2001, in a neighborhood of Queens, New York, killing all 260 people on board.

How Long Do We Remember Major Plane Crashes?

By Stephanie Pappas published

Collective memory of airline crashes lasts about 45 years.

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You, Too, Can Become a Memory Champion, Scientists Say

By Bahar Gholipour published

Ordinary people can learn special memory strategies in just a few weeks, a new study shows.

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Cluster of Mysterious Amnesia Cases Puzzles Researchers

By Rachael Rettner published

More than a dozen people in Massachusetts suddenly developed severe amnesia, but there was no clear cause of their memory loss.

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