News tagged with memory retrieval
Testing improves memory
"We've known for over 100 years that testing is good for memory," says Kent State University psychology graduate student Kalif Vaughn. Psychologists have proven in a myriad of experiments that "retrieval practice"—correctly ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Research finds practicing retrieval is best tool for learning
(PhysOrg.com) -- Put down those science text books and work at recalling information from memory. That's the shorthand take away message of new research from Purdue University that says practicing memory retrieval ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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To remember the good times, reach for the sky
A study published in the April issue of Cognition shows that motor actions can partly determine people's emotional memories. Moving marbles upward caused participants to remember more positive life experiences, and moving ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Research Finds Photos More Useful Than Words for Memory Recall
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that pictures allow patients with very mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) to better recognize and identify a subject as compared to using ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Color boosts brain performance and receptivity to advertising, depending on task
A new University of British Columbia study reconciles a debate that has long raged among marketers and psychologists: What colour most improves brain performance and receptivity to advertising, red or blue?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 05, 2009 |
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