Biological psychology seeks to explain how physiological systems underpin behaviour, cognition and emotion. It unites principles from neuroanatomy, neurochemistry and endocrinology with psychological ...

Adaptive memory refers to the evolved capacity of human memory systems to preferentially encode and retain information that is pertinent to survival. This phenomenon, known as survival processing, has ...

New research provides evidence that the repetitive thoughts occupying a person’s mind can directly influence the spontaneous memories they experience later. This phenomenon, termed “preoccupation ...