SciShow Psych digs into the science of…us! 

Do you remember what you did a week before today?

We all have memories that seem like they happened yesterday, but can you really trust them?

Have you ever forgotten why you walked into a room? Turns out it’s just your brain doing its job.

Don’t you think it would be nice if you had a photographic memory? But is it actually a thing?

Do you often lose things like your keys? Psychology can explain not only why it happens, but also some ways to combat that.

Baby brain, pregnancy brain, momnesia—the fogginess that can appear during pregnancy goes by many names, but memory loss is only one of the changes that occurs while the brain prepares for an upcoming baby.

The simple eye movements involved in EMDR therapy are supposed to help you reprocess traumatic memories, but does it actually work?

Chemotherapy can make patients much more forgetful than normal, but pinning down the cause of and solution to this phenomenon is an ongoing process.

Eyewitness testimony can be really important when investigating crimes, but how can we make them more reliable?

Having a perfect memory sounds like the most amazing thing ever, but there’s also a downside of having hyperthymesia.

When we type, our brain is doing most of the work without our conscious input. So you can blame your brain for al teh typsos.