Posts Tagged ‘long-term-memory’
Neuroscientist Lisa Genova, author of the beautiful novel Still Alice, releases non-fiction book on Memory
A Neuroscientist’s Poignant Study of How We Forget Most Things in Life (The New Yorker): Any study of memory is, in the main, a study of its frailty. In “Remember,” an engrossing survey of the latest research, Lisa Genova explains that a healthy brain quickly forgets most of what passes into conscious awareness. The fragments…
Read MoreEight Tips To Understand and Remember What You Read — Especially As You Read Nonfiction
___ Despite Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and television, (or perhaps precisely because of all of them) traditional reading is still an important skill. Whether it is magazines, professional manuals or fascinating books, people still need to read, now and in years ahead. And much of it is nonfiction material, where it’s important to really understand…
Read MoreHow to improve memory skills and remember what you read: Beyond phonics and “whole language”
Despite the increasing visual media we are increasingly exposed to, reading is still an important skill. Whether it is school textbooks, online newspapers or regular books, people still read, though not as much as they used to. One reason that many people don’t read much is that they don’t read well. For them,
Read MoreTest your Short-Term Memory: How many letters can you memorize?
Memory is more complex that we usually think. Cognitive sciences have identified different memory systems, each supported by different brain regions. One major difference is between long-term and short-term memory (also called working memory). Long-term memory is an unlimited storage of memories dating as far back as you can remember to a few minutes ago.…
Read MoreEight Tips To Remember What You Read
Reading improves cognitive ability. Here are eight tips which will enhance your reading ability.
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…
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