Researchers identify hidden brain signals behind working memory
Artificially prolonging hippocampal sharp wave ripples improves working memory.... Read More...
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AI software reveals the inner workings of short-term memory
A recurrent neural network algorithm demonstrates short-term synaptic plasticity can support short term maintenance of information, providing the memory delay period is sufficiently short.... Read More...
Exposure to air pollution before and after birth may affect fundamental cognitive abilities
Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy or during early life is linked to a reduction in cognitive abilities during child development. Greater fine particulate matter 2.5 exposure between fetal stage and 7 years old was associated with lower working memory scores in boys at age 10. Early life exposure to PM2.5 was also correlated with attention problems in both boys and girls.... Read More...
Flexibility of working memory from random connections
Researchers present a new model that may explain the flexibility of working memory.... Read More...
Viral infections during pregnancy linked to behavioral abnormalities in offspring: Rat study
Females offspring whose mothers experienced maternal immune activation while pregnant displayed an array of behavioral abnormalities associated with schizophrenia.... Read More...
Zapping Memories: Electrostimulation Restores Working Memory of 70 Year Olds’ to That of 20 Year Olds’
Non-invasive electrostimulation restores working memory in 70-year-olds, allowing for comparable to cognitive abilities to those of 20-year-olds. The technology increases neural synchronization patterns and information flow between frontotemporal regions of the brain. This results in rapid improvements of working memory in older people, which lasted for more than 50 minutes post stimulation. The findings offer new hope to those suffering age-related memory impairments. ... Read More...
It’s Not Your Fault, Your Brain is Self-Centered
Testing self-referential bias in working memory, researchers report people automatically self prioritize. This may form the basis for egocentric bias when it comes to decision making.... Read More...
Word Order Predicts a Native Speakers’ Working Memory
Researchers say the language we speak can affect the way in which we process, store and retrieve information. ... Read More...
EEG Decodes How People Navigate Complex Sequences
A new EEG study reveals strong working memory is vital to working with abstract information.... Read More...
How Working Memory Gets You Through the Day
Researchers present a new model of working memory which helps explain how the brain holds information and executes volitional control.... Read More...
AI Can Better Predict Why Children Struggle at School
Researchers have developed a new machine learning algorithm that can identify clusters of learning difficulties which did not match the previous diagnosis children had been given.... Read More...
Past Memory Cues Help People Juggle Numerous Pieces of Information
A new EEG study reveals memory cues can influence the neural representation related to information about cued and non-cued locations, but the effect of the cue depends upon when it appears. ... Read More...