Sudden loss triggers distinct neurological consequences, with auditory memory playing a central role in how the brain processes unexpected bereavement. BETHESDA, MD ...

It’s normal to occasionally forget where you left your keys, struggle to recall a new name or wonder if you’ve already taken your daily medication. “Everyone has memory slips now and again,” says ...

Long dramatized in movies and novels, amnesia refers to a profound loss of memory that’s temporary, permanent, or progressive (gets worse over time). Depending on the type and cause of amnesia, the ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over ...

For most people, it would be hard to imagine a life in which the mind did not routinely discard once-remembered details—from temporarily memorized facts and figures to the characteristics of people ...

In essence, the new research indicates that the long-term memory loss that afflicts some people who contracted West Nile virus is the result of the patient’s own immune system turning on the body and ...

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In the psychology of bereavement, there is a distinction that practitioners consistently treat as clinically significant even though the grief that follows either outcome can be profound and lasting.