Posts Tagged ‘memory’
Anesthesia
An excerpt from Kate Cole-Adams’s exploration of the mystery of consciousness and oblivion
Read MoreThe Last Bursts of Memory
As my father’s dementia progressed, the stories of his life became less accurate but more vivid
Read MoreNothing Ever Dies
Read an excerpt from Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new book about Vietnam and the memory of war
Read MoreHope Is the Enemy
Caring for a patient suffering from dementia means coming to terms with the frustrating paradoxes of memory and language
Read MoreThe Examined Lie
A meditation on memory
Read MoreMusic and Dementia
Group singing sessions are found to improve cognition
Read MoreLeave Your Laptop Home
Taking notes? There’s a memory advantage to using pen and paper
Read MoreRemembering Abraham Lincoln
St. Augustine and the Hall of Memory
Like the philosopher, my aunt kept house in her imagination, tending to the sensations and images of the past
Read MoreA Mother’s Secret
The images in a treasured photo album preserve an idealized past, while leaving out the painful story of a family torn apart by the Holocaust
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