Posts by Dr. Bill Klemm
What You Can do to Improve Memory (and Why It Deteriorates in Old Age)
After about age 50, most people begin to experience a decline in memory capability. Why is that? One obvious answer is that the small arteries of the brain begin to clog up, often as a result of a lifetime of eating the wrong things and a lack of exercise. If that lifetime has been stressful,…
Read MoreImprove Memory with Sleep, Practice, and Testing
There are whole markets (think crosswords, herbal supplements, drugs, brain fitness software) aimed at helping us improve our memory. Now, what is “memory”? how does the process of memory work? Dr. Bill Klemm, Professor of Neuroscience at Texas A&M University, explains a very important concept below. — Alvaro ——- Getting from Here to There: Making Memory Consolidation Work…
Read MoreTry Thinking and Learning Without Working Memory
Imagine dialing a phone number by having to look up each digit one at a time in the phone book. Normally, you look up the number and remember all seven digits long enough to get it dialed. Even with one digit at a time, you would have to remember each digit long enough…
Read MoreNew Neurons: Good News, Bad News
Over the last year we have gladly seen an avalanche of news on adult neurogenesis (the creation of new neurons in adult brains), following recent research reports. Further, we have seen how the news that physical exercise can enhance neurogenesis is becoming common knowledge among many health systems we work with. Now, the obvious question that…
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