memory

On the Death of a Friend

MJ Akbar

Funerals are a catharsis rite for the living

Kalamkari

Subhashini Kaligotla

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In a Beautiful Labyrinth

Rosalyn D’Mello

History and memory merge seamlessly in an imaginatively curated sculpture park in the Nahargarh Fort of Jaipur

The Taste in Memory

Shylashri Shankar

Modern day tasting menus make us long for festival food

Sleep Sharpens Memory

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Dozing does not just protect what we store for recall later, it also eases our retrieval of it

Dozing to Remember

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Memory neurons put us to sleep so we can convert short term memories into long term ones

How the brain makes us forget

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New neurons don’t just help us form new memories, but also lose some

Retention of the Relevant

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Why we switch off our sensory systems now and then

The Home That Never Left Us

Rahul Pandita

And the strange thing about memory

Unreliable Recall

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By planting a false memory in rats, scientists show humans can have faulty memories too

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memory

On the Death of a Friend

Kalamkari

In a Beautiful Labyrinth

The Taste in Memory

Sleep Sharpens Memory

Dozing to Remember

How the brain makes us forget

Retention of the Relevant

The Home That Never Left Us

Unreliable Recall

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