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A new book shines a light on memory and how intention, imagination and emotion guide the information that is stored by the brain.

How to use ChatGPT to increase the productivity of your writing process and avoid the pitfalls that the technology is subject to

Charan Ranganath recently wrote an op-ed about President Biden's memory gaffes. He says forgetting is a normal part of aging. His new book is Why We Remember.

Charan Ranganath is a Professor at the Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology and director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at the University of California at Davis.

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“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief...”—Aeschylus, Ancient Greek Tragedian

A roundup commentary and analysis about the Hur Report, its fallout, and whether concerns about Biden’s age or memory put a hole in his reelection campaign.

Your memory probably isn’t as bad as you think.

Wed all like to think were open to new ideas and curious about how others see the world. But our brains arent wired that way — in fact, being open-minded takes some conscious practice.

Jeannie Phan for NPR Do you consider yourself an open-minded person? Most people would likely say yes. I mean, who wants to be closed-minded? But the reality is that many of us are probably not as open to new ideas as we might like. It can be hard to reconsider long-held beliefs, and even harder to question things you didnt even know you believed in the first place. I spend the vast majority of my time thinking about the future — I make a podcast about possible tomorrows, and just...