Tag: MEMORY

Facebook might not be around forever, so you might as well collect all your information while you can, convert it into a bible of embarrassment, and wait for future generations to endlessly ridicule you. That, at least, seems to be the idea behind a new service called Ninuku Archivist, the Herodotus of our socially networked generation. As Gawker explains, Ninuku Archivist essentially converts ...

According to an AFP report on Yahoo! News, a team of British scientists claim they can read our memories and thoughts by simply studying patterns in brain scans. Eleanor Maguire, who led the research at University College London, told AFP that her team could differentiate between memories and thoughts by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). During the study, the scientists showed ...

Potentially taking the place of moms and their ever-flashing cameras, a new device allows people to document their lives simply by wearing it. According to New Scientist, U.K.-based firm Vicon has licensed technology from Microsoft Research Cambridge in order to produce the camera, which automatically snaps pictures as users wear it around their necks. The device, which can be programmed to take ...

If it appears on a video, or in a photograph, it must be true, right? A new study by a group of psychologists at the University of Warwick shows how dangerous it can be to accept video or photo evidence as fact, according to Wired. In the study, 60 college students played a computerized gambling game, each student being matched against a researcher posing as a participant. If a player answered a ...

According to the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL), a new study in the Journal of Environmental Psychology claims that ringtones can have a damaging effect for memory retention, especially in the classroom. Apparently, distractions, such as ringtones, can have the most impact on the memory during times when the mind is absorbing new information (during a class, business meeting, or ...

Scientists just can't leave memories alone. Since first discovering the chemical PKMzeta in the brain, researchers have been playing with erasing the minds of rats in laboratories. By injecting mice with a drug called ZIP, scientists are able to block the activity of PKMzeta, which is believed to be essential for the retention and recollection of memories. Original tests worked only on erasing the ...

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These days we're somehow expected to keep passwords, phone numbers, bank accounts, PIN numbers, and countless other strings of numbers and letters in our memory, and it all needs to be ready for instant recall. Needless to say, we're always look for tips to make modern life easier, and geeksugar has gathered together seven memory-enhancing ways to take advantage of your cameraphone. Here are ...

Movies have long had an obsession with erasing memories. 'Total Recall,' 'Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind,' and 'Men in Black' all feature the intentional manipulation of memory as a central plot point. Until now, the concept of selectively erasing memories has dwelt in the realm of science fiction, but scientists believe they have made a major step towards making such a procedure a reality. ...

What have you done today to keep your brain in shape? Maybe it's time for you to get on board one of the latest trends in handheld and online applications: brain fitness. The market for brain training applications and products could reach $2 billion by 2015, according to SharpBrains, a market-research firm that tracks use of memory-improving and cognitive training programs. While the trend ...

You're not going blind and that's not a typo. In the current issue of Science, researchers at IBM unveiled a new type of media storage technology they say could give MP3 players the ability to store around 500,000 songs or 3,500 movies. O M G. It's called "racetrack" memory and it involves using the "spin" of an electron to store data. More explicitly, the researchers were able to "store ...

Let the memory wars begin anew. SanDisk and Panasonic unveiled some impressive advancements in memory cards at the kickoff of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Memory card maker SanDisk has attempted to make it easier for users with High Definition camcorders to choose the memory card for their needs by listing the actual recording time capabilities of each different size Video HD ...

For gamers who live by the technological adage, "Better, Stronger, Faster" – well, your world just got a whole lot more exciting. Digitimes reports that Samsung has announced the development of the GDDR5, a new video memory chip that will be fastest graphics data processor of its kind in the world. This type of graphics memory chip is an integral part of a computer's video card, the ...

If you have a hard time remembering where you left your keys, you're certainly not alone. On the other hand, remembering things like the names of your parents or your favorite flavor of ice cream should be much easier. That's because long term memory, memories of things that you learned long ago, has generally been considered to be more or less permanent. However, researchers at Israel's Weizmann ...