In our age of information overload, remembering things can be a daunting task. But as a memory researcher and college professor, I’ve found some hope in that challenge. In January 2021, like millions ...

As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people's powers of recollection, I'm often asked how ...

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One of the most actively debated questions about human and non-human culture is this: under what circumstances might we expect culture, in particular the ability to learn from one another, to be ...

I once worked at a propane distributorship where I learned two things that stuck—how to back up a trailer holding a 1,000-gallon tank so that its four steel feet would settle squarely on small blocks.

A child picks up a crayon and begins to sketch a scene from a story, not knowing that this simple act is strengthening the ...