Tag: Memory
Memories of eating influence your next meal – new research pinpoints...
Marise Parent, Georgia State University
Of course you know that eating is vital to your survival, but have you ever thought about how your brain...
How should we judge people for their past moral failings?
Andrew Khoury, Arizona State University
The recent allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have further divided the nation. Among the questions...
Brains keep temporary molecular records before making a lasting memory
Kelsey Tyssowski, Harvard University
The first dance at my wedding lasted exactly four minutes and 52 seconds, but I’ll probably remember it for decades. Neuroscientists...
Untrustworthy memories make it hard to shop ethically
Rebecca Walker Reczek, The Ohio State University; Daniel Zane, The Ohio State University, and Julie Irwin, University of Texas at Austin
Imagine a shopper, Sarah,...
Some new nonprofits take off, others flop – and nobody knows...
Fredrik O. Andersson, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Wayne Gretzky’s observation that you will always miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take holds true...
The Confederate statue debate: 3 essential reads
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories related to the debate over what to do with Confederate statues.
The...
The psychological benefits – and trappings – of nostalgia
Krystine Batcho, Le Moyne College
In his song “Time Was,” counterculture singer Phil Ochs reminisces about a past “when a man could build a home,...
How tests and wrong answers help us remember what we learn
By Nate Kornell, Williams College
Teachers give tests to find out what their students know. But tests do a lot more than that and can...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
