Internet use reduces study skills in university students
Students who spend a significant amount of their time surfing the web have lower motivation to study and reduced academic performance.... Read More...
Memory
Exercise boosts memory like caffeine
Short bouts of aerobic exercise can improve working memory as much as caffeine can. Additionally, exercise can help curb the negative effects of caffeine withdrawal, such as fatigue, headaches, and bad moods.... Read More...
Reward improves visual perceptual learning, but only after people sleep
Reward does not improve visual perception learning unless it is followed by a good night's sleep.... Read More...
Are bigger brains better?
Greater hippocampal volume is not always a reliable predictor of learning and memory ability in older adults. Faster learning was only found in older adults who had both greater hippocampal volume and more uniform white matter connections to other parts of the brain.... Read More...
With these neurons, extinguishing fear is its own reward
Fear extinction memories and feelings of reward are both stored in neurons that express the Ppp1r1b gene in the posterior of the basolateral amygdala.... Read More...
Memory boost with just one look
Targeted transcranial electrical stimulation during short-wave sleep can boost episodic memory by almost 20%.... Read More...
Long-term memory performance depends upon gating system
Fruit fly study reveals suppression of a genetic switch boosts long-term memory.... Read More...
Facial recognition: research reveals new abilities of ‘super-recognizers’
Are you the type of person who never forgets a face? Researchers explore the phenomena of super-recognizers.... Read More...
Virtual reality is not suited to visual memory
Study reports virtual reality may interfere with visual memory.... Read More...
Rejuvenating the brain: More stem cells improve learning and memory of old mice
Critical aspects of hippocampal function can be reversed in old age, or compensated for throughout life, with the help of neural stem cells.... Read More...
Epilepsy study shows link between brain activity and memory
Study reveals how abnormal brain activity and memory are linked in those with epilepsy. The findings could lead to better treatments for cognitive impairment associated with epilepsy.... Read More...
Extra benefit from epilepsy neurostimulators, reducing comorbid neuropsychiatric symptoms
Neurostimulation implants used to treat drug-resistant epilepsy also help to reduce mental health symptoms in patients.... Read More...