How to Build Intimacy With Memory
By Michael GelbWant to build intimacy in your primary relationships? Harness the power of memory.
Want to build intimacy in your primary relationships? Harness the power of memory.
Our managing editor reflects on the 20 lessons she’s learned 20 years after a car accident.
Conventional wisdom suggests that my lazy brain offers few benefits, but Harvard researchers believe it may be the key to a long life.
Recent research aims to explain why the aging brain is more distractible.
A nostalgic road trip challenges my aging memory banks.
Recent research suggests that geezers are less likely than young adults to recognize when they err. This is problematic — except when it’s not.
New research suggests that harmonizing our aging brain waves may help us store new memories for the long-term, but it’s a notion that becomes less useful the older we get.
Most of us have spent our entire adult lives learning only what was necessary to succeed in our careers. A new study suggests our aging brains need a more childlike approach.
New study suggests that rigorous training may prevent neurodegenerative diseases.
Writer Greg O’Brien fights his early-onset dementia by chronicling the effects of the disease in the stunning memoir On Pluto.
A new study explains why geezers get distracted. We may just be paying attention to the wrong things.
Staving off memory loss requires more than just exercising your gray matter.
New studies show that strength training boosts memory.
University of Rochester Medical Center research reports that while we sleep, our brains flush out toxins that build up when we’re awake — allowing us to clear our heads.
According to a 2013 study, people who read on paper score better on comprehension tests than those who read on computer screens.
Swedish researchers have found that when you lose weight by changing your eating habits, your memory and mind get sharper.
A new study suggests that a good night's sleep will give us geezers something to remember.
A new study show that physical exercise increases memory.
Could stress be linked to memory loss?
We’re getting our annual January thaw in February this year. The weekend brought balmy temps in the 30s, and I took advantage of the nice weather to take the dog for a walk on Saturday and Sunday. The dog in question is our 13-year-old German shepherd-golden retriever-chow-collie mix, Brigit. She is usually escorted in public by My Lovely Wife —... Read more »