Many people love the holidays because they are a time to make happy memories with loved ones. But what if you could do something that would help restore memories in some of the people you love? Using ...

My good friend and mentor, Ulric Neisser, passed away recently. Since hearing the news, I've been flooded with memories - intrusive memories of happy experiences. Although I have not sought to ...

The savoring technique for sleep asks you to fixate on a happy memory before bed. Here's how it worked when one writer tried it out. While more research is needed to connect a causal relationship ...

A new study shows that accessing happy memories can help stave off depression in teens, so I tried building a memory palace to house my happy thoughts. I have a pile of Instax snapshots I pull out ...

Eric Zillmer, PsyD, is the Carl R. Pacifico Professor of Neuropsychology in Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences. He is also the director of the Happiness Lab at Drexel University and ...

It sounds counterintuitive that thinking about happy memories might make us sad. Yet, that is exactly what people struggling with depression may experience. Unlike people who have never experienced ...

Whether it’s news notifications or work emails, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the stresses of our time every moment of every day. But what if there was something we could do to rekindle the ...

A familiar scent could help individuals with depression recall memories more easily than verbal cues, a recent study published in JAMA Network Open noted. For people with major depressive disorder ...

A familiar scent could help individuals with depression recall memories more easily than verbal cues, a recent study published in JAMA Network Open noted. For people with major depressive disorder ...

On the harder days with my husband’s cancer, we would try to remember happy memories to help improve our moods. At the grocery store last week, I overheard a dad talking on the phone as we stood ...