News tagged with visual memories
Visual working memory not as specialized in the brain as visual encoding, study finds
Researchers have long known that specific parts of the brain activate when people view particular images. For example, a region called the fusiform face area turns on when the eyes glance at faces, and another region called ...
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Feb 06, 2012 |
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New clues as to why some older people may be losing their memory
New research links 'silent strokes,' or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults to memory loss in the elderly. The study is published in the January 3, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the me ...
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Dec 28, 2011 |
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Neuroscientists boost memory using genetics and a new memory-enhancing drug
When the activity of a molecule that is normally elevated during viral infections is inhibited in the brain, mice learn and remember better, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reported in a recent article in the journal ...
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Dec 08, 2011 |
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Memory and attention problems may follow preemies into adulthood
Babies born at a very low birth weight are more likely to have memory and attention problems when they become adults than babies born at a low to normal weight, according to a study published in the December 6, 2011, print ...
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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Practice makes perfect: Competitive Scrabble players push the boundaries of accepted visual word recognition
Word recognition behavior can be fine-tuned by experience and practice, according to a new study by Ian Hargreaves and colleagues from the University of Calgary in Canada. Their work shows, for the first time, that it is ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Memories may skew visual perception
Taking a trip down memory lane while you are driving could land you in a roadside ditch, new research indicates. Vanderbilt University psychologists have found that our visual perception can be contaminated by memories of ...
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Jul 20, 2011 |
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JPEG for the mind: How the brain compresses visual information
Most of us are familiar with the idea of image compression in computers. File extensions like ".jpg" or ".png" signify that millions of pixel values have been compressed into a more efficient format, reducing ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Better learning through handwriting
Associate professor Anne Mangen at the University of Stavanger's Reading Centre asks if something is lost in switching from book to computer screen, and from pen to keyboard.
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Jan 19, 2011 |
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Phantom images stored in flexible network throughout brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain research over the past 30 years has shown that if a part of the brain controlling movement or sensation or language is lost because of a stroke or injury, other parts of the brain can ...
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Nov 03, 2010 |
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Dance Memory: Studying how the mind remembers physical movement
Human memory - taking in information, storing it and retrieving it accurately - is key to a variety of crucial decisions made in medicine or law and physical movements like dance.
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Jul 30, 2010 |
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Brain fitness program study reveals visual memory improvement in older adults
A commercial brain fitness program has been shown to improve memory in older adults, at least in the period soon after training. The findings are the first to show that practicing simple visual tasks can improve the accuracy ...
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Jul 14, 2010 |
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Human working memory is based on dynamic interaction networks in the brain
A research project of the Neuroscience Center of the University of Helsinki sheds light on the neuronal mechanisms sustaining memory traces of visual stimuli in the human brain. The results show that the maintenance of working ...
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Apr 13, 2010 |
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Study: New brain scan better detects earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease in healthy people
A new type of brain scan, called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), appears to be better at detecting whether a person with memory loss might have brain changes of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in the ...
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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People who 'see' numbers have better memories for dates
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research project has shown that people who perceive numbers visually, and who see sequences of numbers as visual patterns, have better memories for dates and events in the past than ...
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Dec 15, 2009 |
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First ever large-scale study of ketamine users published
The first ever large-scale, longitudinal study of ketamine users has been published online today in the journal Addiction. With Ketamine (K, Special K) use increasing faster than any other drug in the UK (British Crime ...
Nov 16, 2009 |
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