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Can’t remember the names of Beckham’s children? Then lucky you for avoiding the acquisition of trivia
The Daily Telegraph: The capital of New Zealand, the date of the Battle of Waterloo, the boiling point of water, the six wives of Henry VIII, the longest river in Africa, the names of David
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Why Forgetting Is Good For Your Memory
Huffington Post: Forgetting could help you remember. Huh? That’s the conclusion of new research from the University of Illinois at Chicago. We wouldn’t be able to learn new information if we didn’t forget some things, researchers
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Forgetting Is Part Of Remembering
It’s time for forgetting to get some respect, says Ben Storm, author of a new article on memory in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “We need to
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How Psychology Solved A WWII Shipwreck Mystery
NPR: In November 1941, two ships crossed paths off the coast of Australia. One was the German raider HSK Kormoran. The other: an Australian warship called the HMAS Sydney. Guns were fired, the ships were
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How Do I Remember That I Know You Know That I Know?
“I’ll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time,” says the character Aaron in the 1987 movie Broadcast News. He and the woman he’s talking to have a lot of
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When It Comes to Memory, Practice Seems to Make Perfect
U.S. News & World Report: A new study shows that just a bit of practice can give a certain type of learning remarkable staying power. Over two consecutive days, volunteers were asked to identify a
