In the late 1970s, Anders Ericsson devised a very boring experiment. His subject, Steve Faloon, was instructed to memorize random strings of numbers. Ericsson’s interest was in how many numbers Steve ...

A concert pianist plays Chopin’s Nocturne, op. 9, no. 1, for an audience in awe. A trial attorney breaks down the defendant’s arguments without once pausing to consult her bench. A gymnast rips ...

In prior lessons we learned some of the key principles of memorization: Lesson 1: encoding, consolidation, retrieval, reconsolidation Lesson 2: getting motivated Lesson 3: paying attention Lesson 8: ...

D. Zachary Hambrick receives funding from the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation. The research discussed in this article was funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary ...

According to a recent survey by the Society of Human Resource Management, 97 percent of employers say that reliability is a very or extremely important qualification for an entry-level job; it’s at ...