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.
Apr 17, 2014
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New research has found that a child's relationships may be a hidden casualty long after a head injury.
Apr 10, 2014
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Green tea is said to have many putative positive effects on health. Now, researchers at the University of Basel are reporting first evidence that green tea extract enhances the cognitive functions, in particular the working ...
Apr 7, 2014
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It may seem normal: As we age, we misplace car keys, or can't remember a name we just learned or a meal we just ordered. But University of Florida researchers say memory trouble doesn't have to be inevitable, and they've ...
Mar 5, 2014
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Keep this in mind: Scientists say they've learned how your brain plucks information out of working memory when you decide to act.
Feb 19, 2014
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Many psychiatric disorders are accompanied by memory deficits. Basel scientists have now identified a network of genes that controls fundamental properties of neurons and is important for human brain activity, memory and ...
Feb 13, 2014
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The capacity of our working memory is better explained by the quality of memories we can store than by their number, a team of psychology researchers has concluded.
Feb 4, 2014
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Assessing structural and functional changes in the brain may predict future memory performance in healthy children and adolescents, according to a study appearing January 29 in the Journal of Neuroscience. The findings shed ...
Jan 28, 2014
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Thousands of times a day, the brain stores sensory information for very short periods of time in a working memory, to be able to use it later. A research study carried out with the collaboration of SISSA has shown, for the ...
Jan 21, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Popular computer-based training programs designed to improve behavior or academic performance in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, do not deliver on their intent, according ...
Jan 15, 2014
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