Tests using spatial relationships, speed of processing, and working memory aim to measure it.
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These are the parts of the brain most closely associated with working memory.
The capacity of a 17-year-old's working memory was also correlated with allostatic load.
They were then asked to perform a working memory test in which they were shown a series of letters and numbers.
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Genetic variations between people are associated with different levels of working memory.
Recently, some neuroscientists tried to observe long-term working memory in action.
The results showed a significant increase in working memory.
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Some friends of mine in the cognitive science world agreed this could make some sense, as when one is a novice in a field, you have limited working memory about the topic.
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In order to see if this works in healthy adults, Yale is in the process of beginning clinical trials of Guanfacine for elderly adults to see if it can be used to improve working memory.
In the first study of its kind, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have determined that healthy young adults ages 18-25 can improve their working memory even further by increasing their Omega-3 fatty acid intake with fish oil supplements.
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Those who heard angry attacks had a harder time remembering later what the customer said or calling on working memory to solve problems, compared with those who heard respectful exchanges, according to the research, co-authored by Amir Erez, an associate professor of management at the University of Florida.
So this study seems to provide some neurological evidence for Dr Ericsson's idea that long-term working-memory function underpins prodigy-level performance.
He rattles off a short list of relevant brain regions, which his lab has already identified as being responsible for working-memory exercises.
Last summer, the scientists chose fifty-five subjects, equally split between high delayers and low delayers, and sent each one a laptop computer loaded with working-memory experiments.
Dr Ericsson believes that prodigies get such impressive mileage out of their working memories by placing important pieces of information into their long-term memories in a way that makes them accessible to working-memory processes.
This meeting will bring together international experts working on the elaboration of the conceptual guide for the managers of itineraries of memory, specialists of training, operators of the tourism of memory and representatives of NGOs working on the valorization of this memory, from various region of the world (Africa, Americas, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Europe).
The key: As you play, you're working on your memory, strategy, and spatial skills--all required for improving brain health--at the same time.
He tried to compensate for the deficiencies in his memory by working harder and taking more notes.
The session is organized by members of the SNIA SSSI Non Volatile Memory Programming working group (note that the group is seeking a snappier name).
Beyond these current storage products by established storage companies there is a wave of start-up companies working to enhance flash memory performance, increase its endurance and lower its costs.
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Still, the foc.us is one of a few tDCS headsets designed for the consumer market and can, the inventor Michael Oxley claims, improve your working or short-term memory when the electrodes are placed on your prefrontal cortex.
Kenneth Mobley had patented technologies related to DRAMmemory chips in the 1990s while working at a company called Enhanced Memory Systems.
Coatue, which has been working on conductive organic polymers for memory chips, has had major support from Sunnyvale microprocessor maker AMD.
Mr Gamm appeared to be using his long-term memory to store the working results that he needed to complete his calculations for example, all the dividends and remainders of a division sum.
The archive also includes a memory from the senior project manager working on the theatre's recent refurbishment.
Write up a list with short items refreshing their memory on all you achieved while working with them.
Thinfilm has been working on low-cost sensor tags containing rewritable memory that can be placed on anything from a bunch of bananas to a bottle of perishable pills and that can collect a bevy of information, including the environmental conditions the fruit and drugs have passed through to how long it took them to get from the factory to a distribution outlet.
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My grandfather was working in the anthracite coalfield and in relation to his memory I will not be taking part in any obituaries to Margaret Thatcher.
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