How memory and attention actually work
Short pieces on the science of learning, written without jargon. Each one ends with something you can try immediately — usually in about five minutes.
How to get better at Wordle, without cheating
Better opening words matter less than you think. What separates a two-guess solve from a five-guess one is how much information you squeeze out of every row.
Cognitive ScienceDoes brain training actually work?
Puzzle games make you better at puzzle games. Whether they make you better at anything else is a much harder question — and the honest answer is more interesting than the marketing.
MemoryWhy you forget what you studied last night
Forgetting is not a flaw in your brain — it is a feature that keeps the useful things. Here is how to work with it instead of against it.
MemoryWhy you can only juggle a few things at once
The limit is real, it is small, and it explains why a messy desk derails a whole task. Plus the one trick that stretches it: chunking.
AttentionWhy a five-minute break can rescue a bad study session
Scrolling your phone is not a break. Here is what the research on attention residue says about what a real one looks like — and why short beats long.
PsychologyThe psychology behind the daily word puzzle
Retrieval practice, immediate feedback, and a natural ending — why a five-letter puzzle is satisfying in a way an endless feed never is.
LearningHow a short grid puzzle eases cognitive fatigue
A change of mental scenery between study sessions, and why the break has to end for it to count as rest rather than another assignment.