News tagged with autobiographical memory

Effects of disease severity on autobiographical memory in semantic dementia revealed in new study

In a study conducted by the Laboratory of Neuropsychology of the Université de Caen Basse-Normandie and published by Elsevier in the April 2009 issue of Cortex, researchers studied for the first time autobiographical memory ...

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Nostalgia: The gift that keeps on giving

With the festive holiday just around the corner many people will be thinking back to Christmases gone by with a nostalgic longing.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nostalgic consumers are more likely to give to charity

Nostalgia, a sentimental longing for the past, can boost donations and help drum up volunteers, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Mental introspection increases as brain areas begin to act in sync

Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center can now show, using functional MRI images, why it is that behavior in children and young adolescents veers toward the egocentric rather than the introspective.

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created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study of babies' brain scans sheds new light on the brain's unconscious activity and how it develops

Full-term babies are born with a key collection of networks already formed in their brains, according to new research that challenges some previous theories about the brain's activity and how the brain develops. The study ...

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created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher looking for emotional causes of anorexia

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to treating people suffering from eating disorders, Michelle Emmerling would like to see caregivers look beyond the physical issues. Emmerling, a PhD candidate in counselling ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

To remember the good times, reach for the sky

A study published in the April issue of Cognition shows that motor actions can partly determine people's emotional memories. Moving marbles upward caused participants to remember more positive life experiences, and moving ...

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created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The human brain uses a grid to represent space

'Grid cells' that act like a spatial map in the brain have been identified for the first time in humans, according to new research by UCL scientists which may help to explain how we create internal maps of new environments.

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created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Living in history: How some historical events shape our memory

If you are resident of New Orleans, how would you describe personal events that occurred shortly before August 2005? Would you refer to them as happening "back in July of 2005" or would you describe them as happening "just ...

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nun Study returns to Minnesota, where scientists plan to research Alzheimer's, dementia

Last fall, scientists from the University of Minnesota returned from Kentucky with some 600 preserved brains and 439 boxes filled with memories. That's how the world-famous Nun Study of Alzheimer's disease came home to Minnesota, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What is 'Real'? How Our Brain Differentiates Between Reality and Fantasy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people can easily tell the difference between reality and fantasy. We know that characters in novels and movies are fictitious, and we also understand that historical figures - even if ...

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