Tag: Memory
Cognitive offloading: How the Internet is increasingly taking over human memory
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Our increasing reliance on the Internet and the ease of access to the vast resource available online is affecting our...
Methylene blue shows promise for improving short-term memory: Study in humans
Delayed match-to-sample task. Repeated-measures ANOVA results of the delayed match-to-sample task (colors indicate P values of significant voxels, cluster-based P ? .05; K ?...
Need to remember something? Exercise 4 hours later!
A new study suggests an intriguing strategy to boost memory for what you've just learned: hit the gym four hours later. The findings reported...
Long-term stress erodes memory
Sustained stress erodes memory, and the immune system plays a key role in the cognitive impairment, according to a new study from researchers at...
Eyewitnesses’ memories darken skin color
"What this study shows is that the memory of an eyewitness is heavily influenced by the type of crime that was committed," says Prof....
Working memory is better after a barefoot run
Running barefoot is better than running with shoes for your working memory, according to a new study published by researchers at the University of...
How the brain consolidates memory during deep sleep
Research strongly suggests that sleep, which constitutes about a third of our lives, is crucial for learning and forming long-term memories. But exactly how...
