As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people's powers of recollection, I'm often asked how ...

When Michelle D. Miller leads faculty workshops, she often does what she calls a “party trick” that she uses on the first day of class with her students: learning everyone’s names. As professors have ...

It turns out your brain might not be the only part of your body that remembers. Scientists at NYU have found that cells outside the brain—like those from your kidneys—can actually "learn" and form ...

Many people who learn a foreign language find it easier to learn a second language—even a third language or more, if they are related, as in Romance languages. Learning how to set up equations to ...

In popular culture, we usually associate "muscle memory" with tasks we do, or skills we learn, without much conscious thought ...

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 ...

Since no one ever does anything worthwhile on their own, who you know is important. But what you know — and what you do with what you know — is crucial. Learning, memory, and cognitive skills are a ...

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 ...