May 23

7 Simple Ways To Improve Your Memory Without Training

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Boost your memory easily by writing about your problems, looking at a natural scene, predicting your performance and more...

You'll have heard about the usual methods for improving memory, like using imagery, chunking and building associations with other memories. If not Google it and you'll find millions of websites with the same information.

The problem with most of these methods is they involve a fair amount of mental effort.

So here are seven easy ways to boost your memory that are backed up by psychological research. None require you to train hard, spend any money or take illegal drugs. All free, all pretty easy, all natural!

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June 12

Neurobiology And Philosophy Of Memory: A Discussion

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Interview between Harold Varmus and Eric Kanel

This interview, hosted by the US-based site CharlieRose.com (an archive of public television involving broadcaster Charlie Rose), features a discussion between Nobel laureates Harold Varmus and Eric Kanel on the neurobiology and philosophy of memory. The video is presented as an embedded Flash object and lasts for 51 minutes. It should be most useful for students and teachers. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2006/03/29/1/an-hour-with-guest-host-harold-var

April 29

Sleep And Memory

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Sleep Enforces the Temporal Order in Memory
Source: PLoS ONE

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