How We Remember To Remember
Headscratcher Johnny Automatic via Wikimedia Commons The way our brain handles remembering to remember something, called prospective memory, has been somewhat of a mystery to scientists, until now. "Remind me not to forget…" I often say to my roommate. My phone charger. The sandwich I made to take to work. The bill I need to put in the mail. The way our brain handles remembering to remember something, called prospective memory, has been somewhat of a mystery to scientists. New research probes how our brain processes the intention to act at a certain point in time--like remembering to grab something before walking out the door or to take a pill at a certain time--finding that it involves two distinct brain processes. If you really don't want to forget something as you leave the house, put it by the door.Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis instructed study subjects to lie...