News tagged with working memory
In the Brain, Seven Is A Magic Number
Having a tough time recalling a phone number someone spoke a few minutes ago or forgetting items from a mental grocery list is not a sign of mental decline; in fact, it's natural.
Nov 23, 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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Phantom images stored in flexible network throughout brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain research over the past 30 years has shown that if a part of the brain controlling movement or sensation or language is lost because of a stroke or injury, other parts of the brain can ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Of mice and memory: 'Working memory' of mice can be improved
Mice trained to improve their working memory become more intelligent, suggesting that similar improvements in working memory might help human beings enhance their brain power, according to research published ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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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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Psychologist shows why we 'choke' under pressure -- and how to avoid it
(PhysOrg.com) -- A star golfer misses a critical putt; a brilliant student fails to ace a test; a savvy salesperson blows a key presentation. Each of these people has suffered the same bump in mental processing: ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Stanford researcher explores whether language is the only way to represent numbers
The Mental Calculation World Cup is a brutal contest, and one that threatens to fry the neurons of the unprepared. Over the course of a competition, contestants might be asked to add a string of 10 different 10-digit numbers, ...
Aug 04, 2011 |
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New study proves the brain has three layers of working memory
Researchers from Rice University and Georgia Institute of Technology have found support for the theory that the brain has three concentric layers of working memory where it stores readily available items. Memory researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Being in a good mood may lead to poor memory
Most people have had trouble remembering something they just heard. Now, a University of Missouri researcher found that forgetfulness may have something to do with being in a good mood. Elizabeth Martin, a doctoral student ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Searching the brain for social networks
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some people tend to make inappropriate comments in social situations? Why do some people misread cues about how others feel about them?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Study shows acupressure effective in helping to treat traumatic brain injury
A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates an ancient form of complementary medicine may be effective in helping to treat people with mild traumatic brain injury, a finding that may have implications ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Magnesium supplement helps boost brainpower
Neuroscientists at MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing show that increasing brain magnesium with a new compound enhanced learning abilities, working memory, and short- and long-term memory in rats. The ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Despite brain damage, working memory functions -- within limits
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, led by Larry R. Squire, PhD, professor of psychiatry, psychology and neurosciences at UC San Diego and a scientist at the VA San Diego ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Culture wires the brain: A cognitive neuroscience perspective
Where you grow up can have a big impact on the food you eat, the clothes you wear, and even how your brain works. In a report in a special section on Culture and Psychology in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a jour ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Low grades in adolescence linked to dopamine genes
(PhysOrg.com) -- The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects -- English, math, science, history -- if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopamine ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Working memory
Working memory is a theoretical construct within cognitive psychology as to the structures and processes used for temporarily storing and manipulating information in short-term memory. Many theories exist both as to the theoretical structure of working memory as well as to the role of specific parts of the brain involved in working memory. Most research identifies that the frontal cortex, parietal cortex, anterior cingulate, and parts of the basal ganglia are crucial for its functioning. The neural basis of working memory mostly comes from lesion experiments in animals and functional imaging upon humans.
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