News tagged with memory test
Study: Men Losing Their Minds Over Women
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research reported in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology has shown that men go ga-ga over pretty women. They simply lose their minds (while women keep theirs).
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 07, 2009 |
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The upside of feeling down
A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Kids with ADHD need to fidget, study says
If you've got a kid with ADHD, you've probably spent countless hours pleading with him to sit still. Well, stop it.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 26, 2009 |
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Forget your previous conceptions about memory
Memory difficulties such as those seen in dementia may arise because the brain forms incomplete memories that are more easily confused, new research from the University of Cambridge has found. The findings are published ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Waking up memories while you sleep
They were in a deep sleep, yet sounds, such as a teakettle whistle and a cat's meow, somehow penetrated their slumber. The 25 sounds presented during the nap were reminders of earlier spatial learning, though the Northwestern ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Think memory worsens with age? Then yours probably will
Thinking your memory will get worse as you get older may actually be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that senior citizens who think older people should perform poorly ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Forget everything you thought you knew about memory
Research may shed light on why dementia sufferers have memory difficulties.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 07, 2010 |
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That gut feeling may actually reflect a reliable memory
You know the feeling. You make a decision you're certain is merely a "lucky guess."
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 08, 2009 |
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Neuroscientists map intelligence in the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have conducted the most comprehensive brain mapping to date of the cognitive abilities measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Clarity in short-term memory shows no link with IQ
One person correctly remembers four of eight items just seen but is fuzzy on details. Another person recalls only two of the items but with amazingly precise clarity. So what ability translates to higher IQ?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Practice tests improve memory, researchers say
Although most people assume that tests are a way to evaluate learning, a wealth of research has shown that testing can actually improve learning, according to two researchers from Kent State University. Dr. Katherine Rawson, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Research suggests new ways to boost cognitive performance of older adults
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oscar Wilde once quipped, "The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy." Many would write this statement ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 08, 2010 |
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Did I see what I think I saw?
Eyewitness testimony is a crucial part of many criminal trials even though research increasingly suggests that it may not be as accurate as we (and many lawyers) would like it to be. For example, if you witness a man in a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Scientists decipher the formation of lasting memories
Researchers Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered a mechanism that controls the brain's ability to create lasting memories. In experiments on genetically manipulated mice, they ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 10, 2009 |
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First detection of pregnancy protein in older people destined for Alzheimer's disease
In an advance toward a much-needed early diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease (AD), scientists have discovered that older women destined to develop AD have high blood levels of a protein linked to pregnancy ...
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Memory tester
Memory testers are specialized test equipment used to test and verify memory modules typically in SIMM or DIMM configurations. It detects functional failures of memory modules.
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