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·June 13, 2019·4 min read

Researchers identify hidden brain signals behind working memory

Artificially prolonging hippocampal sharp wave ripples improves working memory.

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·June 10, 2019·5 min read

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.

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·May 25, 2019·4 min read

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.

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·May 16, 2019·2 min read

Flexibility of working memory from random connections

Researchers present a new model that may explain the flexibility of working memory.

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·May 2, 2019·3 min read

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.

This shows brain scans of the regions the electrostimulation targets

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·April 9, 2019·6 min read

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.

a brain scan highlighting the parietal cortex

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·March 14, 2019·4 min read

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.

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·February 4, 2019·3 min read

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.

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·December 3, 2018·3 min read

EEG Decodes How People Navigate Complex Sequences

A new EEG study reveals strong working memory is vital to working with abstract information.

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·October 24, 2018·5 min read

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.

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·October 1, 2018·5 min read

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.

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·September 8, 2018·5 min read

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.