Semiotics is the study of nature and the role of signs in the world. It was developed by scholars such as Charles Peirce, Ferdinand de Saussure, and Yuri Lotman. Through these studies, it is ...

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People are more likely to remember information they draw than information they visualize, write, or photograph, a new study published in Current Directions in Psychological Science says. Whereas other ...

You, too, can train your brain to become a memory athlete—one of those prodigious memorizers who compete to remember the longest sequence of playing cards, or put the most names to faces in the least ...

1. The rhyme. For hundreds of years, schoolchildren started the study of American history with: "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue." 2. The verbal gimmick. Clearly, modern civilization would be ...

Struggling to remember facts, dates, or formulas? These powerful mnemonic hacks make studying faster, easier, and way more fun. Whether you're cramming for a test or learning something new, these ...