Psychology & Psychiatry
Studying for exams? Here's how to make your memory work for you
Have you ever thought about how your brain works when you study? Knowing this may improve your ability to retain and recall information.
Oct 7, 2019
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News tagged with long term memory
Neuroscience
Brain's astrocytes play starring role in long-term memory
Star-shaped cells called astrocytes help the brain establish long-lasting memories, Salk researchers have discovered. The new work adds to a growing body of evidence that astrocytes, long considered to be merely supportive ...
Aug 23, 2019
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Neuroscience
Study explains how some older brains decline before people realize it
Some older adults without noticeable cognitive problems have a harder time than younger people in separating irrelevant information from what they need to know at a given time, and a new Johns Hopkins University study could ...
Aug 5, 2019
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Neuroscience
Study reveals breakthrough in understanding long-term memory retrieval
There have been many famous duos throughout history: Sonny and Cher. Batman and Robin. Penn and Teller.
May 21, 2019
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Neuroscience
Progress to restore movement in people with neuromotor disabilities
A study published in the advanced edition of 12 April in the journal Neural Computation shows that approaches based on Long-Short Term Memory decoders could provide better algorithms for neuroprostheses that employ Brain-Machine ...
May 20, 2019
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Neuroscience
Neuroscientist casts doubt on benefit of using electric currents to improve memory
The effectiveness of applying electrical currents to the brain to improve memory and enhance cognitive ability – often used to treat Alzheimer's patients and children with developmental disorders – has been thrown into ...
Apr 1, 2019
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Neuroscience
Researchers look at how the brain represents time when processing long-term memories
The way we encode our memories involves many pieces of information, and scientists have looked at how most of them work. But one dimension still eludes them: time.
Mar 12, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A memory pill? Cognitive neuroscience's contributions to the study of memory
During the first weeks of the new year, resolutions are often accompanied by attempts to learn new behaviours that improve health. We hope that old bad habits will disappear and new healthy habits will become automatic.
Jan 22, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Drug can boost long-term memory of objects
Allergy sufferers may use antihistamines to reduce symptoms, but new research reveals that better long-term memory might be possible with pro-histamine treatment. Long-term memory is used to remember anything before 48 hours ...
Jan 8, 2019
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Neuroscience
Nose breathing enhances memory consolidation
Breathing through the nose may improve the transfer of experience to long-term memory, finds a study of human adults published in JNeurosci. The findings add to growing evidence for the influence of respiration on human perception ...
Oct 22, 2018
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