Americans spend an average of - 16 minutes reading - each day. While women read slightly more than men, they still spend less than 20 minutes a day curled up with a good book. Americans now spend less time reading than ever before, which means they’re missing out on the benefits and depriving their brain of much needed "exercise." - A recent study - shows that reading can improve your brain function...
Why do some memories stick with us vividly throughout our lives, while others quickly obscure or fade away? Memories fall into that fuzzy realm between reality and imagination. As concrete as they may seem, all memories are mere impressions of larger pictures that can become skewed and even erased over time. The science behind it might look complicated, but the basic ideas behind how we form and use...