Short-term memory loss is common and strikes often. Examples include meeting someone and immediately forgetting their name, misplacing your car keys, or walking into a room and forgetting why you're ...

Short term memory loss can even be caused by anxiety as well as depressioniStock Short term memory loss may happen due to a number of reasons. Dementia and Alzheimer's disease the common cause of ...

You can misremember something just seconds after it happened, reframing events in your mind to better fit with your own preconceptions. Our brains probably do this in an effort to make sense of the ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers from Stanford University and Yale University have explored the interplay between short-term and long-term memory in animals. Learning and memory in ...

Anesthesia affects receptors in the brain, which may cause side effects following surgery. However, evidence that anesthesia causes long-term memory loss is inconclusive. Some people may experience ...

Taylor Leamey wrote about all things wellness for CNET, specializing in mental health, sleep and nutrition coverage. She has invested hundreds of hours into studying and researching sleep and holds a ...