Mysteries of Memory

Though we're shaped by our understanding of the past, much of what our minds choose to recall is beyond our control.

When Your Mind Messes with You

And how to fix it
by Daniel Schacter

What If You Could Never Forget?

Haunted forever by the past
by Jill Price, Bart Davis

Eight Ways to Boost Recall

Proven strategies to improve your memory
by Alex Lickerman, M.D.

The Magic of Déjà Vu

Why you feel you've been there before
by Art Markman, Ph.D.

Camille Noe Pagán: The Art of Forgetting

How much of our memories is just wishful thinking?
by Jennifer Haupt

Misidentification: Musings and Social Consequences from a Prosopagnosic

Would the real Slim Shady please stand up?
by Glenn Alperin

10 Tips Toward a Less Timid Memoir

Turn part of your life into something like art.
by Susan K. Perry, Ph.D.

Long-Term Overconfidence

When people go from being overconfident to being extremely overconfident.
by Nate Kornell, Ph.D.

Study better: Space it out and mix it up

How to learn more without studying more.
by Nate Kornell, Ph.D.

Why immoral foods are good for your brain

This is not an endorsement for a bad diet
by Professor Gary L. Wenk, Ph. D.

A Life Story in Film

Filmmaker Richard Levine looks back to move forward in "Home."
by Lee Kravitz

Windows Into Our Psyche?

The meaning of family pictures.
by Lee Kravitz

When a B Is Worth an A

Some vitamins ward off cognitive decline
by Hara Estroff Marano

…Was it Important?

How an event's significance affects recall
by Art Markman, Ph.D.

Music-Evoked Nostalgia

Why do certain songs send us back?
by Ira Hyman

The Face Is Familiar but…

Tips for keeping track of John and Tom
by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.

The Trip of a Lifetime

Can you remember the future?
by Richard E. Cytowic, M.D.

Helped by Hypnosis

Can you will yourself to remember?
by John Ryder, Ph.D.

Memory

Memory makes us. If we couldn't recall the who's, what's, where's, and when's of our everyday lives, we'd never be able to manage. We mull over ideas in the present with our short-term (or working) memory, while we store past events and learned meanings in our long-term (episodic or semantic) memory.

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