She added this could specifically help medical and military training and further research could be carried out to see if sleep loss affected other brain and memory functions in a similar way.
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Studies show surprise triggers the release of adrenaline in the brain that heightens memory formation.
But he suggested the technique could help patients who have brain damage or memory problems.
The stress hormone cortisol shrinks the brain's memory centers and can hamper one's ability to learn and recall.
This work shows that sleep trains the brain and promotes memory reorganisation from the hippocampus to the striatum, meaning that navigation becomes more automatic.
Oligomers, which are considered more toxic to brain tissue than amyloid-beta proteins, were applied to the hippocampus, the brain's memory center, in young mice.
The electroencephalograph picks up cognitive functions in 12 different regions of the brain, showing memory recall and the level of attention paid to visual and aural stimuli.
He proposed that 42 was the pathological form of amyloid and that excess amounts of it would accelerate the buildup of toxic clusters in the brain's memory centers.
He proposed that 42 was the pathological form of amyloid and that excess amounts of it would accelerate the buildup of unnatural, toxic clusters in the brain's memory centers.
Some 60% of 2, 000 students questioned by OnePoll for penmakers Bic said they changed their diet before exams because they believe some foods can boost their brain power and memory.
Later studies with magnetic resonance imaging machines showed that the amygdala, the part of the brain responsible for memory and emotional reactions, didn't fire even when older people were shown disturbing images.
Men and boys with autism have fewer neurons in a part of the brain involved in memory and emotion, according to a new study by scientists at the University of California in San Diego and the MIND Institute at UC Davis.
In a recent shopping study conducted by the Open University in Milton Keynes, U.K. and the London Business School, scientists found that when shoppers are asked to make a choice among common and closely related items in a grocery-store-like setting, the areas of the brain involved in memory light up like a July 4th nighttime sky.
In a recent shopping study conducted by the Open University in Milton Keynes, U.K., and the London Business School, scientists found that when shoppers are asked to make a choice among common and closely related items in a grocery-store-like setting, the areas of the brain involved in memory light up like a nighttime sky filled with fireworks.
Dementia is a loss of brain function and affects memory, thinking, language, judgment and behavior.
Take, for example, the recent discovery that each hemisphere of the brain has its own memory storage.
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When the ear is attentive and working hard, it funnels clearer information to brain centers that handle memory and perception.
They found that in a brain area concerned with memory for location the demand for glucose was so high that levels fell by 30%.
This has led him to conclude that the structures of the brain used for musical memory "might be the superior temporal gyrus or the frontal lobes".
While self-help books on the brain tend to focus on improving memory or mood, "The Emotional Life of Your Brain, " written with science journalist Sharon Begley, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, makes the case that we can reprogram our brains to help shed negativity and lead a better and more productive life.
Researchers at Stanford University and MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory had activated light-sensitive neurons in the brain's hippocampus involved in the memory of fright.
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To transfer information from short-term to long-term memory, the brain requires periods of rest.
From this residue, something presumably small and compact, the brain reconstructs or recreates the memory.
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Samples taken from regions of the brain important in learning and memory were tested.
The former model, of Burnopfield, suffered severe brain injuries and had no memory of her daughter Maddie.
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Those groups argue that the treatment and the potential side effects -- such as memory loss and brain damage -- are serious enough to merit a thorough review.
It may be that loneliness may affect systems in the brain dealing with cognition and memory, making lonely people more vulnerable to effects of age-related decline in neural pathways, he suggested.
Lehman, in case your brain has blurred that traumatic memory, collapsed because its executives like Dick Fuld and COO Joe Gregory thought the bank was invincible from any real damage and bet the house accordingly.
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But scientific studies have taken things one step further and shown that as cab drivers hone their skills, their hippocampus -- the part of the brain that deals with spatial memory and navigation -- gradually gets bigger.
The notion that deep-brain stimulation may have benefits for memory was prompted in part by serendipity.
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