Many successful language-learning apps are built around a simple idea of making learners guess a word based on a picture, even before they learn the answer. This design isn't just for fun, but a ...

Co authored with Sayuri Hayakawa, Ph.D. It’s not uncommon to see a Japanese person bowing while on the telephone. One of us is a Japanese-American who bows on the phone—but only in Japanese. Behaviors ...

As if wrinkled skin and stiff joints were not enough reason to dread getting older, research also indicates that our cognitive skills decline with age, with potential deficits including less efficient ...

Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, creative process that reconstructs the past each time we reach for it.