Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding Lifehacker as a preferred source for tech news. The method of loci (or the ...

Is it Brian? Ryan? He’s from Seattle, right? No, but it’s somewhere on the west coast…. Has this ever happened to you? Does it seem like others are blessed with amazing memory skills while you’re ...

Are these incredible feats possible because of some rare brain difference in those that accomplish them? Nope, explains a fascinating recent Big Think article. Memory athletes aren’t genetically ...

You, too, can train your brain to become a memory athlete—one of those prodigious memorizers who compete to remember the longest sequence of playing cards, or put the most names to faces in the least ...

The stage is set, but are you? Preparing for a big talk or presentation can be daunting. So much at stake, so much to remember, so many people watching. You don’t want to read from notes, but how will ...

In some episodes of the TV series Sherlock Holmes starring Benedict Cumberbatch, it is possible to observe the main character using a mnemonic technique which he calls “mind palace.” In this technique ...

Research-backed methods to strengthen your memory can be incorporated into daily routines with minimal effort but provide significant cognitive benefits. The ability to recall information quickly and ...

The topic of having a photographic memory is debatable. Some people believe it is possible, while others see it as nothing more than a hoax. One thing everyone can agree on is that the ability to ...