Tag: Memory
Why can’t you remember being born, learning to walk or saying...
Vanessa LoBue, Rutgers University - Newark
Whenever I teach about memory in my child development class at Rutgers University,...
Trust comes when you admit what you don’t know – lessons...
Tamar Kushnir, Duke University; David Sobel, Brown University, and Mark Sabbagh, Queen's University, Ontario
Consider the following situation: Two...
Where are memories stored in the brain? New research suggests they...
Don Arnold, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
All memory storage devices, from your brain to the RAM in your computer, store...
Misremembering might actually be a sign your memory is working optimally
Robert Jacobs, University of Rochester
When asked the other day about a bakery near my home, I responded that...
Astrocyte cells in the fruit fly brain are an on-off switch...
Sarah DeGenova Ackerman, University of Oregon
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Why sign language is vital for all deaf babies, regardless of...
Kimberly A. Wolbers, University of Tennessee and Leala Holcomb, University of Tennessee
When their newborn failed a hearing test, Quinn and Kai were distraught. Their...
An ode to mac and cheese, the poster child for processed...
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
In January 2015, food sales at restaurants overtook those at grocery stores for the first time. Most thought this marked...
As collective memory fades, so will our ability to prepare for...
Sean Donahue, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Just below the Japanese village of Aneyoshi, there’s a stone carved...
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Simply copying nature is no way to succeed at inventing –...
By David Taylor, Trinity College Dublin
Where do inventions come from? There’s no magic formula, but there are ways to improve your creativity. One method...
