Memory for single, specific events can strongly influence our attitudes and behaviors — many years after the occurrence of these events. We draw powerful lessons from individual memories that then ...

It doesn’t get more sobering than our painful memory of the horrors of Oct. 7. The heart-wrenching images are seared in our minds. Marauding invaders. The slaughter of innocents. Brutality. Savagery.

Edith Cowan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. 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 ...