News articles tagged with 'memory' (Page 50)
Researchers uncover mechanisms of common inherited mental retardation
— 8 Jan 2008 22:00 | HealthResearchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre are uncovering how brain cells are affected in Fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited mental retardation and the most common…
Lack of imagination in older adults linked to declining memory
— 7 Jan 2008 18:28 | HealthMost children are able to imagine their future selves as astronauts, politicians or even super heroes; however, many older adults find it difficult to recollect past events, let alone…
Daytime sleep helps improve memory consolidation
— 7 Jan 2008 18:28 | HealthA ninety minute daytime nap helps speed up the process of long term memory consolidation, a recent study conducted by Prof. Avi Karni and Dr Maria Korman of the Centre for Brain and…
Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified by Carnegie Mellon researchers
— 4 Jan 2008 00:05 | BiologyPractice makes perfect - or at least that's what we're told as we struggle through endless rounds of multiplication tables, goal kicks and piano scales - and it seems, based on the…
Mitochondria defects linked to social behaviour and spatial memory
— 4 Dec 2007 20:50 | BiologyRespiration deficiencies in mitochondria, the cell's powerhouses, are associated with changed social behaviour and spatial memory in laboratory mice, report scientists at the American…
Young chimpanzees top humans in numerical memory
— 3 Dec 2007 19:20 | BiologyYoung chimpanzees have an 'extraordinary' ability to remember numerals that is superior to that of human adults, researchers report in the 4th December issue of Current Biology, a publication…
Researchers show evidence of memory in cells, molecules
— 30 Oct 2007 04:43 | BiologyResearch to be reported 29 October in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) provides evidence that some molecular interactions on cell surfaces may have…
ASU researchers improve memory devices using nanotech
— 24 Oct 2007 00:01 | PhysicsArizona State University's Centre for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) has a new take on old memory, one that promises to boost the performance, capacity and battery life of consumer electronics…
Cockroaches are morons in the morning and geniuses in the evening
— 28 Sep 2007 02:54 | BiologyIn its ability to learn, the cockroach is a moron in the morning and a genius in the evening. Dramatic daily variations in the cockroach's learning ability were discovered by a new…