One of the most actively debated questions about human and non-human culture is this: under what circumstances might we expect culture, in particular the ability to learn from one another, to be ...

Recently, while rereading The Museum of Innocence, I was struck again by Orhan Pamuk's insistence that memory does not disappear all at once.

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That frustrating moment when you walk into a room and completely forget why you went there isn’t just a quirky brain glitch—it’s your brain literally being inflamed and struggling to form and retrieve ...

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Dementia, a group of neurodegenerative diseases that damage the brain and affect nearly a million people in the UK, is the UK’s leading cause of death. The symptoms span from struggling with daily ...

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The night after my high school graduation, most of my classmates hit the bars to get drunk. Rather than join them, I picked a tamer celebration, assuming that I would be less likely to get into ...

The often-cited phrase “forgive and forget” is both common and problematic. It’s frequently used to persuade or pressure people into forgiving those who have wronged them. However, the idea that ...