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Memory

Two chimpanzees socializing at the Edinburgh Zoo

Animal cognition

Apes remember friends they haven't seen for decades

Published Dec 18, 2023

Study finds the longest lasting non-human social memories ever documented

Oh, memories, where art thou?

Published Spring 2022

Recent research highlights the pandemic's impact on our perception of time and memory. Can we jumpstart new memories, or is this shift permanent? / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Cognitive Psychology

Oh, Memories, Where Art Thou?

Published April 4, 2022

Recent research highlights the pandemic's impact on our perception of time and memory. Can we jumpstart new memories, or is this shift permanent?

THE MNEMONIST

Published Fall 2020

Alex Mullen, Engr '14, is an expert rememberer who has set many world records in recent years / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Another reason to meditate

Published Winter 2019

A School of Medicine study links stressful events with memory loss among aging Americans / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Illustration of a man in a blazer and a man in a Hawaiian shirt

Persistence of vision

Published Spring 2018

Alum Tim Kreider, an essayist and cartoonist, explores the dissonance between perception and memory / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Memory

Sleep, perchance to remember

Published Spring 2017

What happens during sleep that helps us remember what we learned when awake? Johns Hopkins neuroscientists believe they have a partial answer. / Johns Hopkins Magazine