News tagged with memory test

Ability to recognize faces peaks in the 30s

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new online experiment has discovered that people between the ages of 30 and 34 are best able to remember faces. This finding contradicts the traditional belief that mental faculties all ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

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

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

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

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2

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

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 20 weblog

Test for early Alzheimer's in late development

(AP) -- A research institute devoted to Alzheimer's and related diseases has teamed up with a major maker of diagnostic tests to speed development of what could be the first test to detect Alzheimer's in its early stages.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 10

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

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3

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

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

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

created Feb 08, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 2

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 ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Orbiter resumes use of camera

(PhysOrg.com) -- Operators of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are resuming use of the mission's highest resolution camera following a second precautionary shutdown in two weeks.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Forget everything you thought you knew about memory

Research may shed light on why dementia sufferers have memory difficulties.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genes responsible for ability to recognize faces

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to recognise faces is largely determined by your genes, according to new research at UCL (University College London).

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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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