Bye-bye bad memories – hello gaps in space and time

Ok, so we all have those memories that sit locked deep in the chasm of our brains. The ones we really don’t want to relive. Be they embarrassing, painful, or just plain bad, we really would like them to just go away … forever.
Well, some psychologists have come up with a concoction of pills that [...]

Memory to self: ‘I need time!’

Studying at intervals spaced over long periods of time helps retain information longer. In the run up to finals, a study suggests that students that want to retain information for a year  should study at monthly intervals. On the flip side, which might be appealing, students needing to retain information for only a week should [...]

Don’t forget: ways to retain memory

Tips on how to retain memories, prevent their loss and create new ones were given at the Columbia Public Library on Wednesday. Catharine Clark, a doctoral student of biomedical sciences at MU, offered advice to more than 20 people, most of whom looked at least 50 years old.
Clark said one myth about the human brain is that [...]