Neuroscience
Think brain games make you smarter? Think again, researchers say
Be skeptical of ads declaring you can rev up your brain's performance by challenging it with products from the growing brain-training industry.
Apr 17, 2017
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Neuroscience
Got to remember them all, Pokemon
"Gotta catch them all, Pokémon!" Or in this case—got to remember them all, Pokémon.
Dec 20, 2016
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Researchers' discovery of new verbal working memory architecture has implications for AI
The neural structure we use to store and process information in verbal working memory is more complex than previously understood, finds a new study by researchers at New York University. It shows that processing information ...
Dec 12, 2016
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More GABA in one brain region linked to better working memory, scientist says
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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Study reveals how interaction between neural networks changes during working memory
How does the cross-talk between brain networks change when working memory - the mental assembly of information needed to carry out a particular task—is engaged? Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have ...
Jun 3, 2016
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A new glimpse into working memory
When you hold in mind a sentence you have just read or a phone number you're about to dial, you're engaging a critical brain system known as working memory.
Mar 17, 2016
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Poor short-term memory linked to inability to ignore distraction
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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children with good memories are better liars, research shows
Children who benefit from a good memory are much better at covering up lies, researchers from the University of Sheffield have discovered.
Jun 19, 2015
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Workings of working memory revealed
Our understanding of how a key part of the human brain works may be wrong. That's the conclusion of a team at Oxford University's Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA), published in journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
Jun 8, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When the color we see isn't the color we remember
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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