Ever have your attention hijacked by something appealing? Research using alcohol cues reveals how this bias works.

The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.

In December, the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs piloted an Instant Decision Day initiative, designed to ...

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We can handle traumatic and regretful memories in ways that combine what we learn from neuroscience and therapy.

Psychology Prof. Wendi Gardner joined Northwestern’s faculty in 1996 as her first job post-graduation. She’s been here ever ...

You might say you have a "bad memory" because you don't remember what cake you had at your last birthday party or the plot of a movie you watched last month. On the other hand, you might precisely ...

Forgetting names is a common experience, not a sign of a failing brain, but rather a byproduct of how our brains prioritize meaning over arbitrary labels. This phenomenon is often a retrieval failure, ...