News tagged with spatial memory
Aging impairs the 'replay' of memories during sleep
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Aging impairs the consolidation of memories during sleep, a process important in converting new memories into long-term ones, according to new animal research in the July 30 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findin ...
Birds in captivity lose hippocampal mass
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Being in captivity for just a few weeks can reduce the volume of the hippocampus by as much as 23 percent, according to a new Cornell study.
New neurons update remote memories
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 07, 2009 |
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It is not easy to find your student bedroom when you left university 10, 20 or 30 years ago. But once you have found it, you can easily return the next day.
Physical fitness improves spatial memory, increases size of brain structure
Feb 24, 2009 |
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When it comes to the hippocampus, a brain structure vital to certain types of memory, size matters. Numerous studies have shown that bigger is usually better. Now researchers have found that elderly adults who are more physically ...
Researchers find that eating high levels of fructose impairs memory in rats
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Researchers at Georgia State University have found that diets high in fructose -- a type of sugar found in most processed foods and beverages -- impaired the spatial memory of adult rats.
