Just being exposed to new things makes people ‘ready to learn’
Before they enter a classroom, people learn to identify commonplace objects like a “dog” and a “chair” just by encountering them in life.
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Joseph Shavit
- May 16
Strange dreams might help your brain learn better, study finds
During sleep, we commonly experience two types of sleep phases, alternating one after the other: non-REM sleep and REM sleep.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 13
Loneliness linked to memory decline, study says
Scientists report certain people who feel lonely over a sustained period of time may experience elevated decline in verbal memory skills.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 18
Exercise can help adults retain their memories, study shows
Episodic memory is the kind that deals with events that happened to you in the past. It’s also one of the first to decline with age.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 2
Can being obese make you dumber and more forgetful?
A new study has found that greater body fat is a risk factor for reduced cognitive function, such as processing speed, in adults.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 22
When it comes to visual memory, size matters
Research shows for the first time that in natural vision, visual memory of images is affected by the size of the image on the retina.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 14
Why do we forget? New theory proposes ‘forgetting’ is actually a form of learning
Counter to the general assumption that memories simply decay with time, ‘forgetting’ might not be a bad thing, according to scientists.
Joshua Shavit
- Dec 26, 2021
An element of surprise is the recipe for creating false memories
It turns out that human memory can be edited on the fly, creating memories that are nowhere near set in stone.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 12, 2021
Stanford discovery paves the way to ultrafast, energy-efficient computing
Scientists have spent decades searching for faster, more energy-efficient memory technologies for everything from data centers to mobile.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 5, 2021
Researchers develop brain-inspired memory device
The idea of using multiple switching in a single element draws inspiration from how the brain works and fundamentally reimagines the design
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 4, 2021
Scientists uncover brain's switching system used in information processing and memory
A team of scientists has uncovered a system in the brain used in the processing of information and in the storing of memories
Joshua Shavit
- Jul 31, 2021
Can't remember? According to researchers, you can take a break from forgetfullness
Many of us have experienced the following: the day before an exam, we try to cram a huge amount of information into our brain.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 15, 2021
That song is stuck in your head, but it's helping you to remember
UC Davis research suggests earworms, songs that get stuck in your head, help to preserve memory for music and life events.
Joseph Shavit
- May 26, 2021
Memory details fade over time, with only the main gist preserved
What information is retained in a memory over time, and which parts get lost? These questions have led to many scientific theories