Some numbers, we are told, are magical. Seven. Eight. Eleven. Some just distinctive. Almost anything divisible by 5, for instance. But 24? The number has its own meaning, but no special call to ...

Have you ever looked at an abstract painting and wondered what the artist was thinking? A splash of color on a canvas can ...

The ‘doorway effect’ suggests that when information is removed from working memory, it immediately seems to leave ...

Life is full of disconnected events, and memory allows us to connect those events (experiences) and construct our stories. Our memories constitute who we are (what happened to us in the past) and help ...

It doesn’t take an extraordinary brain to get smarter about remembering. From techniques used by memory champions to fundamentals like securing enough sleep and maintaining healthy behaviors, just ...