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Memory

Doodling Helps Memory
March 08, 2009 07:00 PM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Why doodling can help you remember what you hear.

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Stress, Social Activity Affect Demential Risk
January 22, 2009 06:24 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

New research released by the American Academy of Neurologists shows that people who are not easily distressed, sociable and active face a notably lowered risk of dementia.

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Doctored Photos Can Alter Memories
November 26, 2007 08:57 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Doctored photos can easily change viewers' recollections of significant historic events, shows a study of 299 subjects aged 19 to 84.

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Small Talk Sharpens Memory
November 01, 2007 07:18 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

A University of Michigan study being published in the February 2008 issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin reveals merely talking for ten minutes to another person can improve both memory and test performance.

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PsychBriefs: September 23-29, 2007
September 28, 2007 07:11 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Could Alzheimer's Be "Type III" Diabetes? New research from Northwestern University researchers shows that Amyloid beta oglimers in the brain of Alzheimer's patients remove insulin receptors from nerve cells, rendering neurons insulin resistent, thereby dis...

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Study Finds The Blind Have Superior 'Serial Memory'
June 21, 2007 07:45 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Remembering the order of things can be key to finding the right doorway, shirt or flavor of yogurt for someone who cannot see. A new study shows that this aspect of understanding and organizing the world may train the minds of the blind to have superior "se...

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How Forgetting Helps Us Remember
June 06, 2007 06:34 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Imagine if every time someone asked you for your address, you recalled that of your childhood home, college dorm, and your first apartment. Fortunately, all that usually comes to mind is the address of our current place of residence, but why is that? A Sta...

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