How Facebook Can Improve Memory of Older Adults

Apparently, from sunset March 1 to sunset March 2 was National Day of Unplugging. Reboot, a nonprofit organization urged everyone to take a pledge to avoid technology for 24 hours – allowing us to take a mental break from smartphones, laptops and other gadgets....

Frequent Causes of Memory Slips

Haven’t most of us who have entered middle age wondered at times if we are having a “senior moment?” A recent article in Harvard Men’s Health Watch suggests we not let the stress of worrying about memory slips actually contribute to them. The...

Brains of “Super Agers”

Scientists are beginning to understand why some elderly people keep sharp memories with brains that remain undamaged, even with advanced age. For what reason do some people have such resiliency? Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine are...

Ways to Sharpen Your Memory in 2013!

By now we are overloaded with resolutions for the new year – exercising more, eating healthier, meditating, etc. What about trying some “mini” workouts for the brain? They may not improve our headaches, or help us to lose a few pounds, but...

The Google Effect

“What did we do before the Internet?”  That’s the question Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow asked her husband four years ago after looking up some movie trivia online.  Has Google, and its ability to to pass on information to us at...

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