I’m going to start by giving you five words to remember: stale, bring, instant, hanger, move. Memorize them and keep reading. Have you ever blanked on the words to a song in the middle of a ...

Remembering why the heck you went into the bedroom uses not only a completely different brain system called working memory, ...

For instance, upon the first encounter with a new song, memorizing both the melody and associated lyrics is harder than memorizing just the lyrics. This makes sense, given the multiple tasks involved.

I saw a meme recently that said “My ability to remember song lyrics from the 1980s far exceeds my ability to remember why I walked into the kitchen.” I don’t think I’ve ever felt so “seen.” The fickle ...