News tagged with memory accuracy
Older adults experience 'destination amnesia' and over-confidence with false beliefs
I'm sure I told you that already! Older adults are more likely to have destination memory failures - forgetting who they've shared or not shared information with, according to a new study led by Baycrest's Rotman Research ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Bad mood, better recall, researchers find
People grumbling their way through the grimness of winter have better recall than those enjoying a carefree, sunny day, Australian researchers have found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 11, 2009 |
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Brain-imaging technique predicts who will suffer cognitive decline over time
Cognitive loss and brain degeneration currently affect millions of adults, and the number will increase, given the population of aging baby boomers. Today, nearly 20 percent of people age 65 or older suffer ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
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Scientists uncover new clues in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists in Nottingham have found abnormal levels of seven different proteins in spinal fluid could act as markers for detecting Alzheimer’s disease.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Administration of meningococcal vaccine with other routine infant vaccines appears effective
Administration of routine infant immunizations with a vaccine for serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium that is a cause of serious disease such as sepsis and meningitis, was effective against meningococcal strains ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Men more likely to have an accurate memory of unpleasant experiences
A woman's memory of an experience is less likely to be accurate than a man's if it was unpleasant and emotionally provocative, according to research undertaken by University of Montreal researchers at Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Sleep preserves and enhances unpleasant emotional memories
A recent study by sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to suggest that a person's emotional response after witnessing an unsettling picture or traumatic event is greatly ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 17, 2012 |
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MHI develops 12-inch wafer bonding machine capable of producing 3-D integrated LSI circuits at room temperature
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has developed the world's first fully automated 12-inch (300 millimeters) wafer bonding machine, dubbed the "Bond Meister MWB-12-ST," capable of producing 3-dimensionally integrated LSI ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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A decade of research proves PET effectively detects dementia
In a new review of imaging studies spanning more than ten years, scientists find that a method of positron emission tomography (PET) safely and accurately detects dementia, including the most common and devastating form among ...
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Alzheimer's damage occurs early
The first changes in the brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease can be observed as much as ten years in advance - ten years before the person in question has become so ill that he or she can be diagnosed with the disease. ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Elderly can be as fast as young in some brain tasks, study shows
Both children and the elderly have slower response times when they have to make quick decisions in some settings.
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Dec 27, 2011 |
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From heterogeneous patient measurements towards earlier diagnosis in Alzheimer's disease
European PredictAD project, lead by Principal Scientist Jyrki Lotjonen from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has developed a decision support tool for objective diagnostics of Alzheimer's disease. The tool compares ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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