News tagged with social memory

Is there a dark side to moving in sync?

Moving in harmony can make people feel more connected to one another and, as a result, lead to positive collective action. Think of those feel-good vibes created in a yoga class as students move in unison through their downward-facing ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Psychology researcher finds that power does go to our heads

Power -- defined as the ability to influence others -- makes people think differently. For North Americans, a feeling of power leads to thinking in a focused and analytical way, which may be beneficial when pursuing personal ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Facebook helps find missing Philippine grandfather

Tens of thousands of sympathetic Facebook users helped reunite a Philippine grandmother with her 78-year-old husband who went missing for two weeks, the family said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

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Think you're in poor health? It could increase your odds of dementia

People who rate their health as poor or fair appear to be significantly more likely to develop dementia later in life, according to a study published in the October 5, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toshiba launchs FlashAir, first SDHC memory card with embedded WLAN

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will launch the world's first SDHC memory card with embedded wireless LAN functionality to meet the SD Memory Card Standard. The new card, "FlashAir", has an 8GB ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Study examines how couples' collaborative dialogue may assist in memory

(Medical Xpress) -- Effective memory is a key ability for independent living in later life, and a new Iowa State University study is among the first to report that social partners can help extend memory. The study also found ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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London bombing memories explored

Six years on from the devastating 7/7 London bombings and in the wake of the inquest into the attacks, a special issue of the journal Memory Studies, published by SAGE, explores new research into our collective memories of thi ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Social pressure falsifies memory: study

How easy is it to falsify memory? New research at the Weizmann Institute shows that a bit of social pressure may be all that is needed. The study, which appears Friday in Science, reveals a unique pattern of brain activi ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Musical experience offsets some aging effects

(Medical Xpress) -- A growing body of research finds musical training gives students learning advantages in the classroom. Now a Northwestern University study finds musical training can benefit Grandma, too, by offsetting ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Psychologists ask how well -- or badly -- we remember together

Several years ago, Suparna Rajaram noticed a strange sort of contagion in a couple she was close to. One partner acquired dementia -- and the other lost the nourishing pleasures of joint reminiscence. "When the other person ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Alcohol helps the brain remember, says new study

Drinking alcohol primes certain areas of our brain to learn and remember better, says a new study from the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at The University of Texas at Austin.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Actions and personality, east and west

People in different cultures make different assumptions about the people around them, according to an upcoming study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The researchers studie ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Social wasps show how bigger brains provide complex cognition

Across many groups of animals, species with bigger brains often have better cognitive abilities. But it's been unclear whether overall brain size or the size of specific brain areas is the key.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

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

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Hormone oxytocin bolsters childhood memories of mom's affections

Researchers have found that the naturally-occurring hormone and neurotransmitter oxytocin intensifies men's memories of their mother's affections during childhood. The study was published today in Proceedings of the National Ac ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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