How does your brain work? Why doesn't it work the way you want it to? Can you make it work better (or at least differently)? Are you in charge of y...
Lionel | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living
Friedrich Nietzsche, in the only quote of his most "remember," reminds us: That which does not kill us makes us stronger. But not if you forget what didn't kill you.
Matt Stewart | Posted 04.04.2009 | Style
The iPhone is a gorgeous, near-perfect device that reads minds and moves planets. It's also destroying the traditional concept of memory.
divinecaroline.com | Posted 04.03.2009 | Living
Students (of all ages) might have more on their minds now than ever before--from work, to school, to all of the other distractions pulling at them. So...
dailymail.co.uk | David Derbyshire | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living
A drug which appears to erase painful memories has been developed by scientists. The astonishing treatment could help sufferers of post-traumatic stre...
Jerry Zezima | Posted 03.14.2009 | Style
Yes, it's true: Regis Philbin has no passwords. He has simplified his life the way I and millions of other people wish we could simplify ours, but can't.
Diane Dulken | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green
This environmental lawyer reminded us that the vast majority of commercial and industrial chemicals in circulation today are not tested for longterm health effects before being put on the market.
Betsy Moon | Posted 03.03.2009 | Living
Molly Ivins made us want to be our better selves and stand up and use our power. Two years after her death, she would be so proud that we finally woke up and worked to make this happen.
Jay Neugeboren | Posted 02.17.2009 | Living
The parallels in the lives of my brother and Fischer are often as remarkable as they are sad, and I've tried here to tell part of the story:
Barbara Dehn | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living
Ah, so the research might be valid after all... playing video games (up to a certain point) can help your brain work better.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living
Thinking about best ways to maintain your brain in top shape in 2009? Let me share a quick definition of "brain fitness", and a ranking of the most popular articles of 2008 on the topic.
AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 12.26.2008 | Living
WASHINGTON — Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-...
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living
I am honored to interview today Michael I. Posner, a prominent scientist in the field of cognitive neuroscience.
The Times | Jo Carlowe | Posted 09.10.2008 | Living
To put it into perspective: on average most of us can recall between five and nine numbers in a row. The eight-times world memory champion Dominic O'B...
Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living
Memoir provides a means for anyone writing to become the hero of his or her own life. That's why we write memoir and that's why we read it.
Gary Marcus | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
Lost amid all the recent discussions of intelligent design is one simple basic fact: the human species isn't intelligently designed.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 06.04.2008 | Living
A fascinating new study suggests the benefits of mindfulness meditation for adolescents and adults with attention deficits.
AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Think you're smarter than a fifth-grader? How about a 5-year-old chimp? Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in tests of shor...
Joseph LeDoux | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living