Aphantasia can be a gift to philosophers and critics like me
Aphantasia veils the past and the future from the mind’s eye. That can be a gift to philosophers like Derek Parfit and me
by Mette Leonard Høeg
Memory and nostalgia
Memory involves the whole body. It’s how the self defies amnesia
People with anterograde amnesia can’t rely on memory alone for their sense of self. Instead, they remember with their body
by Ben Platts-Mills
How to get better at remembering
Frustrated by elusive names and misplaced phones? The science of memory reveals ways to improve your powers of recall
by Elizabeth Kensinger & Andrew Budson
One photo per day for more than a year, exploring how rituals affect memory
Directed by Scott Thrift
Must you forget to forgive? A scientist tests the relationship
Forgiveness is colloquially linked with fading memory – but research is probing what it really means to let go of wrongdoing
by Shayla Love
Self out of joint
Sudden amnesia untethered me from my past. Was I the same person or had I become someone else?
by Steven Hales
Foggy bottom
Benzos probably saved my life. But I also don’t remember much of it
by Alex Smith
Déjà vu is just one of many uncanny kinds of déjà experiences
What can the many types of déjà experiences that most people have tell us about reality, memory and the gaps in between?
by Art Funkhouser
What Arthur Schopenhauer learned about genius at the asylum
‘Might not madness be a mere derangement of memory?’ What Arthur Schopenhauer learnt when he went into the asylum
by David Bather Woods
You can feel nostalgia for things that you haven’t yet lost
Nostalgia is a longing for the past, but psychologists are coming to realise it can focus on the future too
by Shayla Love
Why ancient Mesopotamians buried their dead beneath the floor
In an age before photos or audio recordings, people found other ways to stay sensorially connected to their deceased
by Nicola Laneri
Time, like memory, is fickle: days wrap back on themselves
Time, like memory, is structurally fickle: days wrap back on themselves. The experience of it is hardly ever chronological
by Grace Linden
In a journey through time I’ve seen the past imprinted on the present
Memory allows us to break free from chronological time, to extend ourselves beyond a single life to embrace earlier generations
by Vicky Grut
What my mother’s sticky notes show about the nature of the self
Dementia accelerates a process we all experience, as our memories become increasingly externalised into the world around us
by Crispin Sartwell
Rituals and memories animate a day in the serene life of an Italian grandmother
Directed by Maria Piva
It’s possible to help more positive images pop into your mind
Images that pop into our minds spontaneously are like a background track – and we can make it more positive and uplifting
by Simon Blackwell