A weird thing happens to kids around kindergarten. Ask a 5-year-old about his visit to the aquarium a year prior, and there's a good chance he'll tell you all sorts of details: the color of the reef, ...

Derived from Greek, the term amnesia is used to describe memory impairment that is characterized by the inability to successfully recall previously learned information and learn new information. To be ...

Federal health officials are reporting a recent rare cluster of amnesia cases in Massachusetts in which patients also had significant brain changes that may be related to substance use. The Centers ...

A reader's friend had an episode where she seemed confused as to where she was and how she got there. They took her to the emergency room, where the doctor said she had an otherwise completely normal ...

Anterograde amnesia is a type of memory loss that makes it difficult to form new memories. Brain damage or inflammation due to a head injury is often the cause of anterograde amnesia. Anterograde ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and science Ever since the measles vaccine helped eliminate measles ...

Editor's Note: This story contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing. Ron Blake understands trauma. He also understands what it's like to work through it. Blake was raped more ...

Getting measles doesn’t confer benefits on the immune system — in fact, it’s just the opposite. Even a mild case of measles destroys the memory cells that confer resistance on bugs the patient has ...

While salient, episodic memories formed in adulthood can be remembered for years, similar memories formed during early childhood appear to be easily and rapidly forgotten. This rapid forgetting and ...