For decades, psychologists and neuroscientists have propagated a dismal picture of the human mind. We are told that far from being rational, most of what we think and do is propelled by irrational ...

Susanne Jaeggi, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University, joins Lisa Dent to discuss why we forget things we were just thinking about. Professor Jaeggi says it’s harder to keep track of ...

What makes us who we are? Is it our personal choices, or the traditions quietly passed down through generations? Psychology often asks these questions through theories of identity, memory, and ...

Our memories are valuable, yet they aren't always reliable. What we remember — and what we forget — often feels random, and it can be disappointing when our memory seems to let us down. While many ...