10+ Best Articles on Memory

an interactive comic on the art & science of memory

Strategies like connecting new information to students’ prior knowledge guide them to store what they’re learning in long-term memory.

Every memory leaves its own imprint in the brain, and researchers are starting to work out what one looks like.

When the brain encodes memories as positive or negative, one molecule determines which way they will go.

Science is full of drama. One century we’re basing the treatment of ailments on the four humors, then over two thousand years later, we find out it’s actually microbes messing with our bodies. For Dr…

Getting good at anything requires a lot of practice. But not all practice is equal. Here are ten steps to faster improvement.

«Getting good at anything requires a lot of practice–but not all practice is equal.»

‘I can’t remember anything’ is a common complaint these days. But is it because we rely so heavily on our smartphones? And do the endless alerts and distractions stop us forming new memories?

«When we’re not attending to an experience, we are less likely to recall it properly, and fewer recalled experiences could even limit our capacity to have new ideas and being creative»

The mind palace is an ancient Greco-Roman technique that can help you improve your memory. Here's how to use it.

One day in the mid-1920s, a Moscow newspaper reporter named Solomon Shereshevsky entered the laboratory of the psychologist Alexander Luria. Shereshevsky's boss at the newspaper had noticed that…

An exclusive excerpt from the new memoir by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee.

The Long Read: An extremely rare condition may transform our understanding of memory