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El cansancio y los encuentros agresivos afectan la memoria de los policías
CNN Mexico: Los oficiales de policía que tienen al menos 60 segundos de actividad física intensa durante un encuentro combativo pueden sufrir pérdida de memoria, según un estudio publicado en la revista Psychological Science. Los
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Fragrant Flashbacks
Memory and smell are intertwined; it’s through memory that we learn to remember smells, and disorders that take away memory also take away the ability to distinguish scents. Some of this learning starts even before
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Catching Science
“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” -Rogers Hornsby Home plate was round, something like
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April Fool’s! A Reading List All About Humor
Why did the chicken cross the road? And why is that joke never funny? Psychological science has the answers. Peter McGraw, who directs the Humor Research Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder, offers this
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This Is Your Mind on Music
Whether a song prompts you to remember your first dance, or an annoying tune won’t stop buzzing around in your head, there is no doubt that music has unique effects on memory. APS Fellow Carol
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A Wandering Mind Reveals Mental Processes and Priorities
Odds are you’re not going to make it all the way through this article without thinking about something else. In fact, studies have found that our minds are wandering half the time, drifting off to
