These 7 tips will make you a smarter coffee drinker

BY: CAROLINE ROLF  Is the sound of the coffee maker clicking ‘on’ the only thing getting you out of bed in the morning? For many of us, a cup of java is the fuel we need to make it out…

This imagination exercise can help you become healthier, more creative and less depressed

BY: CONNOR BRIAN It is necessary to know that two distinct selves exist within us: the active conscious and the remembering unconscious. The conscious self possesses a very unreliable memory, while the unconscious registers everything, without our knowledge, even the…

This study proves that a good chunk of your memories could be made up

BY: MICHAEL LYONS Imagine taking part in a research study. A childhood caregiver has filled out a questionnaire in advance, so as you sit down the researcher asks you to describe a specific memory from your childhood when something emotionally…

This woman remembers every day of her life in perfect detail: superpower or burden?

BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS In 2000, a woman named Jill Price sent the following note to a neuroscientist at the University of California at Irvine: “I am 34 years old and since I was 11, I have had this unbelievable ability…

The Instagram generation perceives every moment as an anticipated memory

BY: LAURA ROJAS Professor Daniel Kahneman, a renowned psychologist and Nobel Prize winner, did a TED Talk back in 2010 on the difference between experience and memory. His main thesis, and something I hadn’t even thought about prior to watching his…