Human memory is fundamental to everything we do. From remembering the face of a new acquaintance to finding the cell phone that one just left on a table, one's "visual working memory"—the core cognitive system that retains ...
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Many people have an intuitive, though incorrect, understanding of how the brain works: Our senses perceive objectively factual data, and our higher-level thought processes interpret that data, pull some levers and shape our ...
Jul 17, 2019
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Everyday experience makes it obvious - sometimes frustratingly so - that our working memory capacity is limited. We can only keep so many things consciously in mind at once. The results of a new study may explain why: They ...
Apr 5, 2018
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The amount of a particular chemical in a particular part of your brain predicts your ability to simultaneously hang onto several bits of information in your working memory, a Stanford University School of Medicine scientist ...
Nov 15, 2016
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Simon Fraser University researchers have discovered that differences in people's working memory capacity correlate with their brain's ability to actively ignore distraction.
Feb 24, 2016
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Though people can distinguish among millions of colors, we have trouble remembering specific shades because our brains tend to store what we've seen as one of just a few basic hues, a Johns Hopkins University-led team discovered.
Jun 2, 2015
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Before we had mobile phones, people had to use their own memory to store long phone numbers (or write them down). But getting those numbers into long-term memory could be a real pain.
Aug 26, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—We take it for granted that our thoughts are in constant turnover. Metaphors like "stream of consciousness" and "train of thought" imply steady, continuous motion. But is there a mechanism inside our heads ...
Jul 15, 2013
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The brain holds in mind what has just been seen by synchronizing brain waves in a working memory circuit, an animal study supported by the National Institutes of Health suggests. The more in-sync such electrical signals of ...
Nov 2, 2012
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(Medical Xpress)—UCSF neuroscientists have found that by training on attention tests, people young and old can improve brain performance and multitasking skills.
Nov 2, 2012
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