Working memory is a sort of "mental sketchpad" that allows you to accomplish everyday tasks such as calling in your hungry family's takeout order and finding the bathroom you were just told "will be the third door on the ...
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with the University of Southern California and the Wake Forest School of Medicine has conducted experiments involving implanting electrodes into the brains of human volunteers to see ...
Scientists have uncovered a method for improving short-term working memory, by stimulating the brain with electricity to synchronise brain waves.
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It's clear that your working memory—which holds attention on small things of short-term importance—works, or you wouldn't be able to remember a new phone number long enough to dial it.
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Have you had the experience of being just on the verge of saying something when the phone rang? Did you then forget what it is you were going to say? A study of the brain's electrical activity offers a new explanation of ...
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(Medical Xpress)—Experience-dependent neuroplasticity refers to the brain's capacity to change in response to experience, repeated stimuli, environmental cues, and learning. It's a fundamental property of brain function, ...
(Medical Xpress)—Translating stored information into behaviorally appropriate responses is a pretty fundamental brain activity, supporting biological, social and survival behaviors. Researchers have long believed that the ...
In a new study, Indiana University cognitive scientists Catarina Vales and Linda Smith demonstrate that children spot objects more quickly when prompted by words than if they are only prompted by images.
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Prof. Dr. Grit Hein's latest assessments of empathic abilities once again challenge the old adage, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." It seems that not only children but also adults can adopt empathic responses from ...
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Working memory is a crucial element of higher cognition in both primates—which include humans—and corvids. In their studies, with the help of two jackdaws, researchers at Ruhr University Bochum have now discovered remarkable ...
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