News tagged with memory capacity

Beep, beep, oops, what was I doing? (w/ Video)

"That blasted siren. I can't focus." That reaction to undesired distraction may signal a person's low working-memory capacity, according to a new study.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Aug 06, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (8) | 4

Remembering what to remember and what to forget

People in very early stages of Alzheimer's disease already have trouble focusing on what is important to remember, a UCLA psychologist and colleagues report.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jun 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Statins can protect against Alzheimer's disease

High cholesterol levels are considered to be a risk factor not only for cardiovascular disease including stroke, but also for the development of Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, many cholesterol lowering drugs, including statins, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jun 22, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

16 Gb SanDisk Netbook SDHC: More Storage for Your Netbook

SanDisk today announced the SanDisk Netbook SDHC removable flash memory card, offering consumers an easy way to significantly increase their netbooks' storage capacity. Consumers simply insert the SanDisk ...

Electronics / Hardware

Jun 02, 2009 | 2.3 / 5 (3) | 1

Intel Previews Xeon 'Nehalem-EX' Processor

Intel Corporation today previewed a new Intel Xeon processor codenamed "Nehalem-EX." The processor will be at the heart of the next generation of intelligent and expandable high-end Intel server platforms, ...

Electronics / Hardware

May 27, 2009 | 2.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Police with higher multitasking abilities less likely to shoot unarmed persons

In the midst of life-threatening situations requiring split-second decisions, police officers with a higher ability to multitask are less likely to shoot unarmed persons when feeling threatened during video simulations, a ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Mar 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Regions of the brain can rewire themselves

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen have succeeded in demonstrating for the first time that the activities of large parts of the brain can be altered ...