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Displaying all articles tagged:
Memory
May 19, 2016
Why You Sometimes Mix Up Your Friend’s Name With Your Dog’s Name
A new study on a strange little brain tic.
By
Cari Romm
May 18, 2016
How an Actor Memorized
Paradise Lost
Says a Lot About How Memory Really Works
Like reciting a 350-page novel.
By
Drake Baer
May 12, 2016
How to Make Yourself Forget a Bad Memory
New research offers a trick.
By
Cari Romm
Apr. 21, 2016
Try Drawing Your To-Do List Instead of Writing It
A new study suggests it’ll make things easier to remember.
By
Cari Romm
Apr. 20, 2016
Is Superior Memory Really a Form of OCD?
Some researchers say yes, but others are skeptical.
By
Cari Romm
Mar. 15, 2016
Why Does Time Seem to Slow Down on Tuesdays?
The science of the workweek time warp.
By
Bahar Gholipour
Mar. 8, 2016
Why Do I Forget Why I Entered a Room the Minute I Enter It?
It’s called the “doorway effect.”
By
Melissa Dahl
memory
Mar. 7, 2016
A Common, Important Belief About Memory May Be Wrong
When we look back at an experience, does the end of it really matter more?
By
Jesse Singal
sha-wing
Feb. 26, 2016
Bad Memory? Try Glancing at a Hot Person
But whatever you do, do not engage.
By
Dayna Evans
memory
May 29, 2015
Some of Your Best Anecdotes Are Probably Stolen
It’s apparently pretty common for people to plagiarize personal stories.
By
Melissa Dahl
strange cases
May 22, 2015
This Man Thought His Family Was Replaced by Evil Clones
It doesn’t end well.
By
Melissa Dahl
atypical
May 12, 2015
What It’s Like to Remember Nothing From Your Past
No looking back. Because you can’t.
By
Melissa Dahl
memory
May 5, 2015
The Science of ‘Accidental’ Joke-Stealing and Plagiarism
Experiments show why it isn’t always the joke stealer’s fault.
By
Douwe Draaisma
memory
Apr. 13, 2015
32-Year-Old Woman Wakes Up Thinking She’s 15
She was convinced it was 1992.
By
Melissa Dahl
memory
Mar. 10, 2015
People Are Really Bad at Drawing the Apple Logo From Memory
We kind of stop paying attention to things if we see them all the time.
By
Melissa Dahl
the brain
Feb. 11, 2015
You’re Not Losing Your Memory. You’re Just Distracted.
The difference between flaky moments of forgetfulness and potential signs of Alzheimer’s.
By
Melissa Dahl
memory
Feb. 5, 2015
Is It Possible Brian Williams Really ‘Misremembered’?
Human memory is weird.
By
Melissa Dahl
memory
Jan. 23, 2015
Can Your Brain Permanently Delete Something Like Your PIN?
When trying to recall something you’ve forgotten only ensures that you’ll keep forgetting.
By
Melissa Dahl
memory
Jan. 16, 2015
Closing Your Eyes Helps You Remember Stuff
So says science.
By
Jesse Singal
memory
Jan. 16, 2015
It’s Crazy How Easy It Is to Make People Falsely Remember Committing a Crime
After three interviews with researchers, 70 percent of study participants were wrongly convinced they’d committed theft or assault during their teen years.
By
Jesse Singal
memory
Dec. 23, 2014
How to Hack Your Holiday Memories
Remember that epic eight-hour New Year’s party, not those eight hours on a tarmac.
By
Jesse Singal
memory
Dec. 11, 2014
What ‘Serial’ Can Teach us About Memory
We’re relying on some dangerously outdated notions about how human memory works.
By
Naomi Shavin
what it’s like
Nov. 13, 2014
What It’s Like to Remember Almost Everything That Has Ever Happened to You
The benefits and downsides of hardly ever forgetting.
By
Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
memory
Oct. 22, 2014
Miley Cyrus Remembers Which Outfits Got Her Laid
“Wearing a skirt that got me lucky last time.”
By
Maggie Lange
exercise
Oct. 1, 2014
20 Minutes of Lifting Can Improve Your Memory
It seems to perk up our brains.
By
Melissa Dahl
pain
Sept. 19, 2014
An Important New Insight Into How Women Remember Childbirth
A couple of brief moments of intense pain can trump an otherwise “easy” birth.
By
Jesse Singal
Sept. 19, 2014
Why Women Have More Childhood Memories Than Men
It could come down to how parents talk to boys when they’re little.
By
Melissa Dahl
Sept. 12, 2014
Scrabble Versus Crossword Champs: Who’s Smarter?
Either way, both types of word nerds are smarter than you.
By
Melissa Dahl
relationships
July 29, 2014
How Long-Term Couples Share a Brain (Sorta)
New research shows how your significant other helps you remember.
By
Melissa Dahl
July 16, 2014
What If You Could Just ‘Forget’ to Bite Your Nails?
It may be possible to willfully purge bad habits from your brain.
By
Melissa Dahl
July 9, 2014
Could This Odd Invention Save Babies From Dying in Hot Cars?
Sometimes, trusting your own memory isn’t enough.
By
Melissa Dahl
June 23, 2014
Faces Are the New Passwords
We’re bad at remembering passwords but really good at recognizing faces.
By
Jesse Singal
first person
Oct. 12, 2012
The Childhood Molestation I Don’t Remember
If I’d never found out, would I still be traumatized?
By
Anonymous