People remember more while still intoxicated than they do a week later. A University of Gothenburg study recruited 136 participants and divided them into twogroups. One group drank vodka, while the other drank juice. Participants then…
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Losing a loved one is always difficult, but there is a more severe form of grief—called complicated grief—which makes it hard for an individual to ever move forward with life. Complicated grief is marked by…
I’ve never been an early morning riser—instead, I’m a natural-born night owl. I like to stay up late and sleep in as long as possible. This was a difficult life to lead in high school, since I had…
When I was in school, I experimented with a few different study techniques. One involved locking myself in my room, putting my phone on airplane mode, and getting down to business—I’d make notecards, rewrite notes, and sift…
My grandmother lives a good 1,400 miles away in the great state of Nebraska. When I was younger, we’d visit her every summer and sometimes even for Christmas. But as my siblings and I have gotten older,…
Ever hear the expression “you can’t trust anyone but yourself”? Well, according to research of Harvard Professor Dr. Daniel Schacter, you…
Have you ever wondered whether or not the memory you are recalling actually happened? Probably not. We generally trust ourselves to have accurate memories, especially at a young age. But false memories are a phenomenon that no one is completely safe from. Our minds may be powerful, but they’re not always reliable.
