Recently, some neuroscientists tried to observe long-term working memory in action.

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"In the not-too-distant future, firms will be able to tell precisely if an advertising campaign or product redesign triggers the brain activity and neurochemical release associated with memory and action, " predicts James Bailey, professor of organizational behavior at George Washington University.

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Dr. Snyder believes D-serine is there as a fail-safe to make sure memory cells spring into action only when they are supposed to--a process that breaks down during a stroke.

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Snyder believes that D-serine is there as a fail-safe to make sure that memory cells spring into action only when they are supposed to--a process that breaks down during a stroke.

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Because memory takes time to form, he conjectured that drugs which block the action of these hormones soon after the trauma might decrease the intensity of the memory.

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Synapses are the junctions between nerve cells, and their action is central to learning and memory.

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Should RDRAM never gain the wide acceptance the company had hoped for, Rambus' patent claims are an attempt to ensure the company gets a piece of the action through royalty payments, no matter what type of memory takes hold, whether SDRAM, DDR or its preferred RDRAM.

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Compared to the kind of GPU workout created by action games, WebKit rendering is painfully slow and plagued by memory problems.

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