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Decoding short-term memory with fMRI

People voluntarily pick what information they store in short-term memory. Now, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers can see just what information people are holding in memory based ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 21, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A midday nap markedly boosts the brain's learning capacity

If you see a student dozing in the library or a co-worker catching 40 winks in her cubicle, don't roll your eyes. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour's nap can dramatically boost and ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (18) | comments 0 | 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

Australian researchers put paid to "baby brain" myth

Australian researchers said on Friday they had debunked the myth that a women's ability to think was impaired by pregnancy and mothering a newborn -- a condition commonly referred to as "baby brain".

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers reverse the cognitive impairment caused by sleep deprivation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research collaboration led by biologists and neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has found a molecular pathway in the brain that is the cause of cognitive impairment due to sleep deprivation. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pawnshops spread to Internet

In a sputtering economy, cash-strapped consumers are flocking to a new way of getting quick, short-term loans: online pawn stores. It's yet another instance of online retailers pouncing on the turf of a brick-and-mortar industry.

Technology / Business

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study indicates how we maintain visual details in short-term memory

Working memory (also known as short term memory) is our ability to keep a small amount of information active in our mind. This is useful for information we need to know on-the-fly, such as a phone number or the few items ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers identify one of the necessary processes in the formation of long-term memory

A new study that was carried out at the University of Haifa has identified another component in the chain of actions that take place in the neurons in the process of forming memories. This discovery joins a line of findings ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Veterans find healing on the water

(AP) -- Standing at the edge of a clear pond in the Idaho mountains on a cold day in early October, former U.S. Marine Angel Gomez made a timid cast with his fly fishing rod.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than half of liver patients experience neurocognitive impairments

More than half of patients who have cirrhosis of the liver also display neurocognitive impairments such as short term memory loss, a study led by a Loyola University Health System researcher has found.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dehydration Affects Mood, Not Just Motor Skills

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dehydration has long been known to compromise physical performance. Now, a new study provides insight into the effects of mild dehydration on young athletes, and possibly into the lives of ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1