Seniors’ memories affected by distraction
Older people are twice as likely to have their cognitive processes — especially memory — impaired by distractions....
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New research on rhesus monkeys is helping to explain some surprising responses in the brain when distractions are presented during a task....
read moreBrain’s anti-distraction system discovered
Scientists have discovered what they believe to be the brain’s anti-distraction system. The finding indicates that there’s a possibility that environmental and genetic factors may suppress a certain activity in the brain that helps us prevent distraction....
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