The ability to recollect experiences and information is a fundamental function of the brain. The task of assembling the memories we keep means throwing away others.

Memory Lane Ciara Greene and Gillian Murphy Princeton Univ., $29.95. There are countless metaphors for memory. It’s a leaky bucket, a steel trap, a file cabinet, words written in sand.

Memory Lane Drive-In Theater in Monroe will reopen Memorial Day weekend, only weeks after announcing its closure on April 18. A Monroe couple, whose identities have not been announced yet, stepped ...