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Endel Tulving, who transformed the study of human memory with revelatory observations about how the brain stores and retrieves information — for example, differentiating from knowing what a shoe ...
Want to remember things better as you get older? The secret might be surprisingly simple: focus on feeling good.
A new study has examined the role of several cognitive functions in young students learning to write English, their second language. The study conducted a battery of cognitive tests, gauged the ...
Many people go to great lengths to protect their cardiovascular health as they age, typically by adopting a healthier diet or ...
A study suggests we tend to remember certain aspects of an experience such as the big picture or the general context, rather than the smaller details.
"It's the variety of practice that makes me a better performer." Variety may also make us better learners, according to ...
While the underlying mechanism is unclear, neuroscientists theorize saying something out loud separates and distinguishes it from “mere” thoughts. (You didn’t just think it. You also heard it.) That ...
Asthma is associated with memory problems in children, a new study has found. Further, the early onset of asthma might worsen potential memory deficits in kids, researchers found.
Asthma is associated with memory difficulties in children, and early onset of asthma may exacerbate memory deficits, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis.
A recent brain-scan study sheds light on how people's brains divide continuous experiences into meaningful segments, like scenes in a movie.