memory
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What Walking Can Teach You About Where You Are
During lockdown in 2020, governments across the world encouraged people to take short walks in their neighbourhoods. Even before COVID hit though, amid the renewal of city centres and environmental and public health concerns, walking was promoted in many places as a form of active travel, to replace car journeys. This resurgence in urban walking…
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Remember This: Everyday Memory Lapses May Actually Be a Good Sign
When asked the other day about a bakery near my home, I responded that I’d recently eaten its mouth-watering chocolate chip cookies. My wife corrected me, noting that the cookies I ate were actually oatmeal raisin. Why did I make this memory error? Is this an early sign of impending dementia? Should I call my…
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Why Do Certain Scents Trigger Vivid Memories?
Here, we chat with Nicole Eckels – the founder and CEO of Glasshouse Fragrances – about the science of smell and memory, and why the two are so connected.
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How to See When and Where a Photo Was Taken From Within a Google Photos Memory
Google Photo’s Memories are one of the fun consequences of handing our photo collections over to AI; the feature groups photos and videos together to give you a unique look at a certain day, time of year, or event in your life. The only problem with this feature — in the past, anyway — was…