We often treat short-term memory like a light switch. But that might be leaving people in the dark. For example, comprehensive short-term memory tests need to assess not only recall, but how ...

You're in the kitchen, baking a cake, and the recipe calls for two cups of sugar. By the time you choose between the brown ...

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As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people’s powers of recollection, I’m often asked how memory works – and what we can do to use it more effectively. Happily, ...

How good is your working memory? Whether it involves holding a telephone number in your head long enough to write it down or trying to keep track of all the items on a grocery list, having a good ...