23 March 2022
Our mastery of language presents many mysteries, not least where grammar comes from and how children learn to speak so effortlessly. Now researchers argue that it all makes sense if you think of language as a game of charades
8 January 2020
More than half of us breathe the wrong way, missing out on many benefits from better health to altered consciousness. Here's how to do it right
28 February 2019
The more hours of TV people watch the worse their memory is six years later – but the explanation for the link is unclear
13 February 2019
As time passes, our memories of negative emotions normally fade faster than positive ones, helping us to move on. But this isn’t the case when it comes to exes
29 August 2018
Aboriginal stories about startlingly rapid rises in sea level describe real events at the end of the ice age, says a new book. Are we stupid to distrust oral traditions?
25 July 2018
It seems like hard conscious work, but much of the learning process goes on deep in the mind. Here are the top tips to improve how you recall facts
1 June 2018
Dreams help us store memories, enabling us to learn. Now a study has revealed that it’s the boring dreams we have during deep sleep that are the most important
26 April 2018
Horses can remember the expressions on people’s faces and use them to make judgements about whether people are nice or unpleasant
10 April 2018
Memories have unique genetic signatures that reveal what they are. The finding could lead to ways to read and alter memories in people with PTSD or phobias
7 March 2018
People with Tourette’s syndrome are better at learning tasks unconsciously – an ability that may make it easier for them to learn a second language or to drive
