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A 60 Minutes story you will never forget
CBS News: The Holland College Golden Knights men’s basketball team is a powerhouse of collegiate sports. It’s played in 10 NCAA championships, winning five. It boasts a list of memorable players like 350-lb center Isaac
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Failing to Forget: Inhibitory-Control Deficits Compromise Memory Suppression in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Ana Catarino, Charlotte S. Küpper, Aliza Werner-Seidler, Tim Dalgleish, and Michael C. Anderson People with
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Strange continuity
Aeon: Suppose you were sitting at home, relaxing on a sofa with your dog, when suddenly your visual image of the dog gave way to that of a steaming bowl of noodles. You might find
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Memories Weaken Without Reinforcement, Study Finds
The New York Times: What happens to forgotten memories — old computer passwords, friends’ previous phone numbers? Scientists have long held two different theories. One is that memories do not diminish but simply get overshadowed
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Older Workers Possess Unique Cognitive Strengths
Although some abilities tend to decline over time, new research finds that other cognitive skills actually improve with age. Scientists have long known that our ability to analyze novel problems and reason logically, also known
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A Professor Forced Her Students to Take Notes by Hand
New York Magazine: A communications professor at the University of Kansas, tired of teaching to a classroom of students whose faces were all bathed in the blue light of their laptop screens, banned technology-enabled note-taking
