Author: BY JOSEPH BERGER - Publish Date: July 26, 2021 at 11:17PM For decades he memorized virtually verbatim the speeches and discourses of Rabbi Menachem Schneerson and meticulously compiled them into about 150 volumes.
Author: BY SUSAN PINKER - Publish Date: June 12, 2021 at 01:37AM In “The Extended Mind” Annie Murphy Paul explores all the ways our thinking is shaped by external forces, from physical sensations to the role of other people and their brains.
Author: BY PAM BELLUCK AND REBECCA ROBBINS - Publish Date: June 6, 2021 at 02:00AM If the agency approves it, aducanumab would be the first new Alzheimer’s treatment since 2003. Patients are desperate for new options, but some scientists say there isn’t enough evidence it works.
Author: BY REBECCA RENNER - Publish Date: April 11, 2021 at 10:41AM Far from a waste of time, daydreaming might be one of the best things you can do with your free time.
Author: BY CAREN OSTEN GERSZBERG - Publish Date: September 27, 2020 at 07:35AM The average person’s mind wanders nearly half the time. Here’s how to pull it back to attention.
Author: KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH - Publish Date: July 16, 2019 at 07:00AM The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to talk to a sibling you’ve just learned was abused as a child and more.
Author: TEXT BY MALIA WOLLAN - Publish Date: July 2, 2019 at 07:00AM Break down the characters into chunks and repeat them over and over. Write them down ASAP, even if only in the dirt.
Author: TODD WASSERMAN - Publish Date: June 18, 2019 at 07:00AM This past New Year’s Eve, I expressed thanks for getting through another year. Two days later, I was nearly dead.
Author: BENEDICT CAREY - Publish Date: May 14, 2019 at 07:00AM Scientists are racing to treat brain disabilities with electrical stimulation. Here’s a metaphor to help make sense of the progress.
Author: GRETCHEN REYNOLDS - Publish Date: May 1, 2019 at 07:00AM Even a single workout may make our brain’s memory centers, like our muscles, more fit.
Author: CARA GIAIMO - Publish Date: April 20, 2019 at 07:00AM A colorful Peruvian plant dispenses its pollen according to a savvy, memory-based system, new research suggests.
Author: BENEDICT CAREY - Publish Date: April 13, 2019 at 07:00AM A pilot study offers “a very promising start” in the effort to help people recover from traumatic brain injuries.
Author: GINA KOLATA - Publish Date: April 8, 2019 at 07:00AM Most people with dementia have a number of brain abnormalities, not just Alzheimer’s disease. The finding is forcing scientists to rethink the search for treatments.
Author: PETER FUNT - Publish Date: April 5, 2019 at 07:00AM We used to hold on to letters, tickets and playbills to remind us of the past. But those things are rapidly disappearing.
Author: JANE E. BRODY - Publish Date: December 17, 2018 at 07:00AM ‘Menopause-related cognitive impairment happens to women in their 40s and 50s, women in the prime of life who suddenly have the rug pulled out from under them,’ an expert says.