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Synaptic Sunday #1
Synaptic Sunday is a weekly collection of thought-provoking links related by similar topics: 1. If we remember more, can we read deeper–and create better? Part I. In the very process of memorizing,...
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Aging, memory, and context
There are limitations to memory research studies conducted only in the lab, especially if they never include memory tasks and situations that are encountered in everyday life (in fact this is a...
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Synaptic Sunday #9 – Vivid Memory Edition
1) Why Does a Vivid Memory ‘Feel So Real?’ Researchers found that vivid memory and real perceptual experience share “striking” similarities at the neural level, although they are not “pixel-perfect”...
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Taking a break to enhance memory
Incorporate short breaks into your learning/studying/reading, and it’s more likely that you’ll retain the material better, even several days later. However, not just any break will do. In the study...
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Is there anything you’d like to forget?
Using a “think/no-think” task and word pair associations (explanations are at the link), these scientists trained a group of study participants to block out part of an autobiographical memory each...
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