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Complex jobs ‘may protect memory’
BBC: A study of more than 1,000 Scottish 70-year-olds found that those who had had complex jobs scored better on memory and thinking tests. One theory is a more stimulating environment helps build up a “cognitive
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Taking Notes May Impede Your Ability to Remember Stuff
Entrepreneur: We take notes because we want to remember all kinds of stuff: A niece’s birthday, the answer to a test question, what to buy at the grocery store, etc. etc. But a new study published in
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Books to Check Out: December 2014
To submit a new book, email [email protected]. Processing Inaccurate Information: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives from Cognitive Science and the Educational Sciences edited by David N. Rapp and Jason L. G. Braasch; the MIT Press, August
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Sternberg is New Editor of Perspectives on Psychological Science
Robert J. Sternberg received his doctorate in cognitive psychology from Stanford in 1975 and went on to become IBM Professor of Psychology and Education, Professor of Management, and Director of the Center for the Psychology
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How to Get in Shape Using Psychology: 6 New Tricks From Research
Time: Why is there an obesity epidemic? It’s not because we eat the wrong things or we lack exercise. Research shows that, plain and simple, most of us just eat too much: “Reported consumption increased by
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Battling Ageism With Subliminal Messages
The Atlantic: Let’s try something. Take a moment and imagine yourself in old age. Not just a more wrinkled version of your face or more gray in your hair, but the bigger stuff, too: What