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07.19.11 / Using the Internet Affects your Memory

The Internet is a widespread resource used by millions of people everyday, but is it possible that this helpful resource is actually changing how we remember things? Betsy Sparrow, an assistant professor of psychology at Columbia, performed a study to … Read more »

07.22.08 / SuperMemo and the psychology of memorization

Memorization is a key part of learning something new. Most often we rely on our memories for knowledge we have learned in the past whether it is through life experiences or studying. With a software program called SuperMemo, a user … Read more »

06.26.08 / "Brain fitness" software gains popularity

Many of us have experienced the “glasses phenomenon”: you’re completely out of ideas for where they might be, when a laughing colleague, friend, or family member points out that your spectacles are already on your face. As our brains age, … Read more »