The brain stores no song without also storing what was happening when you first loved it. Pull up any piece of music you haven’t heard in twenty years and the whole surrounding context comes with it: ...

Half-forgotten memories can be resurrected using "mental time travel," a new study suggests. The research, published Monday (July 28) in the journal PNAS, showed that a person can rejuvenate their ...

Food has a magical way of bringing back memories, especially from our childhood. Certain foods can transport you back to simpler times, whether it's a sweet treat you enjoyed after school or a special ...

In French author Marcel Proust’s 1906 novel À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) a bite of madeleine cake triggers a flood of childhood memories. Scientists call this phenomenon ...

AN ARTICLE written by T&A columnist Helen Mead focused upon so-called ‘old lady perfume’ - scents that brings back memories of people and places. A number of readers responded, telling us what ...