A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense.

Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.

Kissing could have begun as a way of sniffing out who's who. From a whiff to a kiss was just a short trip across the face.

One trick, known as the journey method or 'memory palace,' is to conjure up a familiar space in the mind's eye, and then populate it with images of whatever it is you want to remember.

Since at least the Middle Ages, philosophers and philologists have dreamed of curing natural languages of their flaws by constructing entirely new idioms according to orderly, logical principles.

The way to get better at a skill is to force yourself to practice just beyond your limits.

...who we are and what we do it is fundamentally a function of what we remember.