Have you ever found yourself searching for your keys or phone only to end up getting distracted by a brightly colored object that grabs your attention? This type of attentional capture by objects that stand out from their ...
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Neurologist Andrew Budson and neuroscientist Elizabeth Kensinger not only explain how memory works, but also share science-based tips on how to keep it sharp as we age in their new book, "Why We Forget and How to Remember ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Demand for mental health assessment and intervention is soaring; available services are stretched to the limit, centralized and difficult for many to access. This is particularly true for children with autism spectrum disorder ...
Dec 9, 2022
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A study of nearly 2,000 children found that those who reported playing video games for three hours per day or more performed better on cognitive skills tests involving impulse control and working memory compared to children ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Older people may be able to boost their working memory with a new approach that couples online therapeutic games with a non-invasive brain stimulation technique.
Oct 12, 2022
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The memory system alternates between periods of learning and remembering. These two functions are controlled by different neural circuits. Using an animal model, scientists from the Institut Pasteur recently identified a ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Frequent players of video games show superior sensorimotor decision-making skills and enhanced activity in key regions of the brain as compared to non-players, according to a recent study by Georgia State University researchers.
Jul 11, 2022
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A research team led by Prof. Li Hai and Wang Hongzhi from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has recently proposed an interpretable radiomic model for predicting radiotherapy ...
Jun 21, 2022
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Children of mothers with clinical depression are at three times greater risk to develop depression themselves than are their low-risk peers. Researchers are working to understand the neural underpinnings of the risk, and ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Wordle, the wildly popular five-word guessing game, has been called "genius" and "the pandemic game we didn't know we needed," but don't count on it to improve your brain power a UO psychology professor says.
Feb 16, 2022
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