When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

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Memories get classified in ways that seem at first blush straightforward. They can be short-term or long-term, semantic or episodic. Semantic memories consist of remembered facts not personally ...

Sydney Smith, Allen Say and Linda Shute explore the many facets of our recollections. By Leonard S. Marcus Leonard S. Marcus is the author of “Pictured Worlds” and a curator of exhibitions, including ...

How often do you lose or misplace your keys? If the answer is often, then you're in luck. Psychologists have said it is not always a sign of a poor memory. In a new book called The Psychology of ...

There are countless metaphors for memory. It’s a leaky bucket, a steel trap, a file cabinet, words written in sand. But one of the most evocative — and neuroscientifically descriptive — invokes Lego ...

Reading is more than just a silent activity for kids; it is one of the best methods for developing the brain during childhood ...

Screens are replacing paper when it comes to nearly every aspect of communication, but is it good for our mental health? Research proves the countless mental health benefits of reading, but still most ...