Even people with superior memory can have false memories

Dec 31, 2013 by

UC Irvine researchers have found that even people with super memory  – those than can remember the details of their daily lives going back decades – are vulnerable to forming fake memories....

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Gender of speaker affects how the listener processing language...

Dec 30, 2013 by

Scientists from the University of Kansas found that the gender of the person speaking affected how quickly the listener identified the words grammatically....

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Size and connectivity of brain linked to anxiety in young children...

Dec 29, 2013 by

Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have demonstrated that the size and connectivity of the amygdala (the part of the brain that processes emotion), predicts the level of anxiety young children experience....

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Brain still injured after concussion symptoms fade

Dec 28, 2013 by

Research published in the Nov. 20, 2013 issue of “Neurology” found that even when symptoms from a concussion have dissipated, brain scans show abnormalities....

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Recessions in mid-life increase risk of cognitive decline

Dec 27, 2013 by

A European study of 12,000 people age 50 and older found that things like lay-offs, enforced part-time work and downward job mobility appear to decrease cognitive ability, including things like memory, verbal fluency, temporal orientation and numeracy....

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Teachers’ interactions with students support learning and development...

Dec 26, 2013 by

Researchers at the University of Virginia, Oregon State University and Clemson studied 1,400 preschoolers and 325 early childhood teachers and found that “responsive teaching” contributed to multiple aspects of the students’ development, including memory, language and literacy....

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