The former U.S. Poet Laureate, who has a new book out this week, recommends five texts that interrogate how we narrate the ...

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 ...

This is a column about a helpful trick that will radically improve your memory with minimal effort so you can learn faster. But before I get to the science behind the technique and how it can help you ...

Four times a year, I attend the Yizkor service at synagogue. Yizkor in Hebrew denotes “remembrance,” and the official name of the service, Hazkarat Neshamot, means a “remembering of souls.” During the ...

Grab a Coca-Cola, your favorite Pop-Tart, and settle in for a guided tour of an astonishing family journey as told by the daughter in the Long family. Amanda Uhle’s debut memoir, “Destroy This House,” ...

No matter what your age is, you may have experienced an occasional memory challenge, like misplacing your car keys or walking into a room and forgetting why you're there. These are normal incidents of ...

UC Davis professor Charan Ranganath says when we look at memory as a resource to pull from, as opposed to a comprehensive archive of the past, we can make mindful choices in the present to curate a ...