FeaturedNeuroscience·March 14, 2019·4 min readIt’s Not Your Fault, Your Brain is Self-CenteredTesting 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
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 4, 2019·3 min readWord Order Predicts a Native Speakers’ Working MemoryResearchers say the language we speak can affect the way in which we process, store and retrieve information.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 3, 2018·3 min readEEG Decodes How People Navigate Complex SequencesA new EEG study reveals strong working memory is vital to working with abstract information.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 24, 2018·5 min readHow Working Memory Gets You Through the DayResearchers present a new model of working memory which helps explain how the brain holds information and executes volitional control.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 1, 2018·5 min readAI Can Better Predict Why Children Struggle at SchoolResearchers 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
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 8, 2018·5 min readPast Memory Cues Help People Juggle Numerous Pieces of InformationA 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
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 8, 2018·4 min readTo Understand Working Memory, Researchers Must Resolve This DebateResearchers say, to better understand working memory, it is important to resolve the debate over how we hold and judge multiple pieces of information in mind.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 31, 2018·5 min readNew Facts Concerning Working Memory in Children UncoveredResearchers shed new light on the role the insula and frontoparietal brain regions play in a child's working memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 30, 2018·3 min readHow Time Affects LearningResearchers report people retain arbitrary associations when they learned the associations in short sessions spaced over a few weeks rather than one 20 minute session.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·July 20, 2018·5 min readBinge Drinking During Adolescence Impairs Working Memory: Mouse StudyResearchers say teens who start drinking prior to age 15 and who also binge drink are more likely to have memory problems as adults. Additionally, early binge drinking may indicate later risk for developing alcoholism.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 19, 2018·5 min readADHD Drugs Do Not Improve Cognition in Healthy College StudentsResearchers report, contrary to popular belief, Adderall and other ADHD drugs do not improve cognition in healthy college students. Instead, they may impair cognitive function.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 18, 2018·6 min readNeurons Can Carry More Than One Signal at a TimeA new study reveals a single neuron is capable of encoding information from two different sounds by switching between signals associated with one sound to that of the other.Read More
