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 ...

Learning a second language is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, with millions of people turning to digital tools and ...

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 ...

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

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.

Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's are often thought of as irreversible. But the brain is not static; neurons continually adjust the strength of their ...

In popular culture, we usually associate "muscle memory" with tasks we do, or skills we learn, without much conscious thought ...