Psychologists explain why the brain struggles with names and not factsForgetting names is a common human experience. Psychologists explain this is not a memory failure but how our brains are wired. Names lack ...
12 Feb, 2026, 04.01 PM IST
Why Forgetting Names Is Rarely a Memory Problem, Psychologists Say; Here's The Real ReasonDon't sweat forgetting names; it's normal! Your brain prioritizes what's important, and names often lack context, making them tricky to rem...
09 Feb, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
Do You Always Forget Names? Psychologists Explain Why It’s Almost Never a Memory ProblemForgetting names is a common experience, not a sign of a failing brain, but rather a byproduct of how our brains prioritize meaning over ar...
29 Jan, 2026, 04.10 PM IST
AI can now describe what you are thinking: Scientists unveil ‘mind captioning’ breakthrough that turns thoughts into wordsIn a landmark study published in Science Advances, Japanese neuroscientists unveiled an AI system that can translate brain activity into de...
08 Nov, 2025, 08.45 PM IST
NYT Connections Hints, July 20: Here's a breakdown of the Sunday puzzle #770 with answersAs word games proliferate across digital platforms, Connections maintains a firm hold in The New York Times’ puzzle arsenal. With daily cha...
20 Jul, 2025, 11.11 PM IST
NYT Connections Hints July 7: Clues and answers decoded for Puzzle #757Connections taps into the universal love of patterns and logic. Unlike Wordle, where letter placement matters, Connections is more conceptu...
07 Jul, 2025, 05.21 PM IST
Elon Musk wants to keep this Windows feature always off and why he called it 'Black Mirror'Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced "Recall," an AI tool that continuously takes screenshots to enhance productivity by providing a phot...
21 May, 2024, 04.53 PM IST
High-frequency neural activity, seen in tasks such as work ,is a mark of humour appreciation, finds studyPrevious studies have shown the involvement of the temporal lobe in the processing of droll stimuli, or stimuli associated with goof.
20 May, 2023, 04.14 PM IST
Antioxidant flavonoids decrease rate of memory loss, research findsAntioxidant flavonols, which are found in fruits, tea, and vegetables, are very beneficial for memory and amnesia patients results in decre...
24 Dec, 2022, 11.50 PM IST
Alzheimer's disease makes us lose our memories. But what are the first things that one begins to forget?What is more worrisome, forgetting a film's name, or mixing up names of famous singers?
27 Jul, 2021, 06.23 PM IST
Artificial intelligence can speed up and improve Alzheimer's diagnosis: StudyScientists at the UK's University of Sheffield's Neuroscience Institute examines how the routine use of AI in healthcare could help to reli...
29 Jul, 2020, 05.46 PM IST
No Community Transmission of Coronavirus infection yetHealth Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal reiterated on Monday said that there has been no community transmission and instead of panickin...
31 Mar, 2020, 07.15 AM IST
Listening to music may not help you enhance creative performanceChallenging the myth, scientists found out that music disrupts verbal working memory.
28 Feb, 2019, 04.10 PM IST
Roger Federer may be able to predict Rafael Nadal's moves, thanks to new algorithmThe algorithm is called Semi Supervised Generative Adversarial Network architecture.
23 Jan, 2019, 05.44 PM IST
India rips Pakistan's 'preposterous' allegation dishonouring victims' memoryIndian diplomat from the country's Permanent Mission to the UN, Eenam Gambhir, exercised India's Right of Reply and rejected Qureshi's base...
30 Sep, 2018, 10.42 AM IST
New system allows robots to follow ordersCurrently robots are very limited in what they can do. Their inability to understand the nuances of human language makes them mostly useles...
04 Sep, 2017, 12.57 PM IST
Wisdom beyond bits and bytesAre you reading this column online? Or are you on to the touchyfeely, salmon pink-paper avatar of ET? There’s no difference of content of c...
07 Jul, 2010, 05.34 AM IST