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11/20/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Memory and sleep: Researchers finally discover why getting sufficient sleep dramatically boosts brain performance

The brain works at its finest when it is well rested. Therefore, having the right amount of sleep a day, which is at least seven to nine hours, is needed for the brain to be alert and to focus, and to learn and remember information well. Recently, a team of researchers from the University of […]

07/22/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Researchers discover how to enhance memories during sleep… by triggering brain waves

In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers has discovered a way to enhance or impair memory during sleep. By triggering specific brain waves, researchers from the Center for Cognition and Sociality in South Korea’s Institute for Basic Science were able to nearly double long-term memory. The compelling new study, published in […]

07/17/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Testimony of eyewitnesses found to be easily altered by peer pressure … conformity outweighs memory

Groundbreaking research by forensic psychologist Dara Mojtahedi has found that eyewitness recollection can be distorted easily by other people’s views, and he is calling on courts and police to keep this in mind when considering the testimony of witnesses. In one study, he showed groups of volunteers, who would serve as “witnesses,” footage of a […]

06/15/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Human brain found to contain multi-dimensional holographic geometry that might be involved in forming memories

Despite tremendous technological advancements in recent years, there is still much about the human brain that scientists do not fully understand. One surprising recent study published in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience has shed new light onto just how complex the brain actually is, with research showing that some of the structures in this vital organ […]

05/09/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Skeptics slapped down as new science shows aromatherapy sharply improves the memory of children

The mention of aromatherapy to someone who is skeptical of the practice might garner a sideways glance, but its powers of enhancing your physical and psychological well-being are more than merely anecdotal. In the latest evidence backing up what alternative medicine proponents have known for centuries, Northumbria University researchers Dr. Mark Moss and Victoria Earle […]

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