I once worked at a propane distributorship where I learned two things that stuck—how to back up a trailer holding a 1,000-gallon tank so that its four steel feet would settle squarely on small blocks.

The act of forgetting is no strange occurrence as it happens to most of us on a daily basis. In fact, Hermann Ebbinghaus, a 19th century German psychologist, conducted a study on memory loss known as ...

Lily Fincher and Omar Etman show how to play a math memory game. Lily Fincher and Omar Etman show how to play a math memory game. They make two sets of cards depicting something they’ve learned ...

Playing a rhythm-based game for eight weeks helps non-musicians become better at remembering recently seen faces. This suggests that learning to play an instrument could improve short-term memory for ...

Brain games give your mind a serious workout — exactly what you need to help keep it sharp. Here are our favorites. Keeping your mind sharp is important, especially as we age. Despite this, many of us ...