News tagged with short term
Short-term memory is based on synchronized brain oscillations
Scientists have now discovered how different brain regions cooperate during short-term memory.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Young woman with amnesia unable to hold a single face in short-term memory
A 22-year-old woman known as "HC" with amnesia since birth as a result of developing only half the normal volume of the hippocampus in her brain, has demonstrated to scientists that the ability to hold a single face or word ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Restoring memory, repairing damaged brains
Scientists have developed a way to turn memories on and off -- literally with the flip of a switch.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Teachers need greater awareness of language disorders
Greater awareness of 'specific language impairment' (SLI), a language disorder, is needed to ensure better outcomes for the 3-6 per cent of UK school children affected by this disability. Children with SLI have difficulties ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 19, 2011 |
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ADHD drug helps menopausal women with focus, memory deficits, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- At menopause, many women begin to notice a decline in their attention, organization, and short-term memory. These cognitive symptoms can lead to professional and personal challenges and unwarranted fears ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 06, 2011 |
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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
Nov 29, 2010 |
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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.
May 06, 2010 |
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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
Feb 21, 2010 |
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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".
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Feb 05, 2010 |
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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 ...
Nov 24, 2009 |
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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. ...
Oct 22, 2009 |
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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.
Oct 19, 2009 |
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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
Sep 08, 2009 |
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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
Feb 21, 2009 |
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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
Feb 20, 2009 |
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