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Study reveals clues to how we forget over short-term
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Even though forgetting is such a common occurrence, scientists have not reached a consensus as to how it happens. One theory is that information simply decays from our memory—we forget things because too much time has passed. ...
Forgetting facts
Sep 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at two British Universities have been investigating the way in which we forget information.
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Relearning process not always a 'free lunch'
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Aug 22, 2008 |
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Researchers at Sheffield University and the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom, have helped determine why relearning a few pieces of information may or may not easily cause a recollection of other associated, previously ...
Witnesses' memories can be improved
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 11, 2007 |
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British researchers have developed a technique to make crime witnesses' memories more accurate and stronger.
The memories you want to forget are the hardest ones to lose
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Painful, emotional memories that people would most like to forget may be the toughest to leave behind, especially when memories are created through visual cues, according to a new study by the University of North Carolina ...
The smart way to study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Combine the aphorisms that "practice makes perfect" and "timing is everything" into one and you might get something resembling findings published in this month's issue of Psychological Science. Proper spacing of lessons, the re ...
Forgetting helps you remember the important stuff, psychologists say
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 06, 2007 |
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For the first time, Stanford researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have discovered that the brain's ability to suppress irrelevant memories makes it easier for humans to remember what's really important.
An intelligent system avoids forgetting things
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) has created a system with Artificial Intelligence techniques which notifies elderly people or people with special needs of the forgetting of certain everyday tasks. ...
Problem forgetting may be a natural mechanism gone awry
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Better tie that string around your finger a little tighter. It may turn out the reason some people grow increasingly forgetful as they age is less about how old they are and more about subtle changes in the way the brain ...
Recognizing someone's name but forgetting how you met them is all in your head
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 25, 2007 |
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New research from The University of Western Ontario suggests the sometimes eerie feeling experience when recognizing someone, yet failing to remember how or why, reveals important insight into how memory is wired in the human ...
New research shows why too much memory may be a bad thing
Mar 29, 2007 |
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New research from Columbia University Medical Center may explain why people who are able to easily and accurately recall historical dates or long-ago events, may have a harder time with word recall or remembering the day’s ...
Confidence helps seniors remember better
Mar 08, 2006 |
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Brandeis University scientists say believing you can retain a good memory as you age is the first step toward achieving that goal.
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