The pressing question of the age: Is The New York Times crossword puzzle going to save you from memory decline?  

You're not demented, you're in "terminal decline."

It’s the eve of the third anniversary of a disaster that literally drowned a city, displaced thousands, and remains a reminder of failed recovery efforts. Three years later, some children are coping while others still struggle. Take a minute to watch a short film and remember what happened, through the words and drawings of children.

More than six decades have passed since the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; this month marked the 63rd anniversary of the events that changed the history of modern war. And the A-Bomb survivors’ drawings and paintings continue to teach us about atrocity, empathy, and ultimately, humanity.

The oft-prescribed drug Ambien has been implicated in numerous cases of sleep-driving, sleep gorging, and sleep-stealing, none of it remembered once it has worn off.  John McCain, takes Ambien when he has trouble sleeping.  Then what?

To what extent does music shape autobiographical memory? And how does it help increase understanding of human memory? The Magical Memory Tour is creating the largest database on music, memory, and personal history ever attempted.

It was a bad month for a host of promising new Alzheimer's drugs...until yesterday.

Dina and Todd, a couple I had just begun to see in therapy, had a major fight and have broken up. Dina's back with her mother and the only communication she is having with Todd is by texting. Although this has been very efficient in figuring out what to do about the dog and their shared possessions, what happens to their memories of each other?

Who would have thought that the next new thing for treating Alzheimer's might be in the back of the medicine cabinet of a Russian with hayfever?

Who first told you only children were lonely and bossy? When was that? Not to worry if you don't remember. "As the source is forgotten, the message and its implications gain strength."

Brain research explains stereotypes...

The most effective methold to slow down Alzheimer's doesn't even have a co-pay

With the Olympics coming, there have been lots of news stories about China and Asia. This seemed like as good a time as any to talk a bit about cultural differences in thinking. I realize that this blog is mostly about motivation. It turns out that cultural differences in thinking are probably deeply bound up with cultural differences in motivation, though it may take us a couple of entries to get to that point. To start, I'll just highlight some of the ways that thinking differs across cultures.

Bad news from the makers of Flurizan...or it is?

Although the name of my Psychology Today blog is Remember the Alamo (a name not chosen but approved by me), I recently realized that I didn't remember much at all about the Alamo. I knew it involved a famous battle in Texas with an outcome that was memorable, at least to some people, but that's about all I could have told you. Luckily, a quick search on Wikipedia helped me fill in the rest of the details.

Jill Price would be a completely unremarkable person except for the fact that she can remember every moment of her life since 1980.

A few years ago Oprah Winfrey famously criticized James Frey for fabricating large parts of his memoir A Million Little Pieces, the story of his recovery from drug addiction. Since then, the veracity of memoirs has become a hot topic, calling into question how how truthful any memoir really is.

One more thing to add to the long list of benefits of a good night's sleep: it may transform your mental record of the day's events into durable memory traces.

Every parent wants to think his or her child is special. And rest assured, parents—your child is special. At least, there is no other child on earth with the same precise mix of genes, experience, and pattern of strengths and weaknesses. But is every child gifted? Probably not.

"This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?" For anyone who watched TV in the late 1980s, that phrase should bring back memories of an egg in a frying pan.

Some memories are better off forgotten. Like your ex-boyfriend's phone number or the reason why you dated your ex-boyfriend in the first place. If forgetting can be a blessing, why do we more often think of it as a curse?