Everything from the right snack foods to incorrect answers might play a role in keeping you sharp. One of these memory boosting strategies is to have a drink. No, this isn’t permission to start a bar tab, but researchers at UTMB found that light alcohol consumption could be linked to better episodic memory—the memory of events. They studied adults over age 60 with no indication of dementia, and saw that moderate drinking was associated with larger hippocampal brain volume—the area of the brain responsible for the consolidation of short- and long-term memory.