Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology demonstrated that emotion enhances memory for contextual details, challenging the view that emotion impairs the ability to ...

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 ...

Emotion shapes nearly every aspect of human activity — from learning to memory to decision-making — and even influences evolution, University of Southern California neuroscience professor Antonio ...

New research suggests that a specific type of brain training could help socially anxious individuals break the habit of instantly focusing on threatening social cues. A study published in the Journal ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

New Year’s Day is widely framed as a moment of renewal, optimism, and forward momentum. Yet across households, workplaces, ...

Music can lift your spirits, calm your nerves, or break your heart in a few notes. It can also nudge what you remember, but ...

New research has identified that neuroinflammation driven by microglia (immune cells in the brain) is a primary underlying ...