Tag: attention

Study suggests stress breaks loops that hold short-term memory together

From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release by Chris Barncard via ScienceDaily: Stress has long been pegged as the enemy of attention, disrupting focus and doing substantial damage to working… Read more »

Study suggests studying everyday eye movements could aid in diagnosis of neurological disorders

From the University of South Carolina press release via MedicalXpress: Researchers at the University of Southern California have devised a method for detecting certain neurological disorders through the study of… Read more »

Study suggests eye tracking test may help in Alzheimer’s diagnoses

From the Lancaster University press release via AlphaGalileo: A simple eye tracking test could hold the key to earlier Alzheimer’s diagnosis, according to new research published today in the Journal… Read more »

Study suggests better monitoring of food quantity makes self-control easier

From the University of Minnesota press release: New research from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management suggests learning how to stop enjoying unhealthy food sooner may play a… Read more »

Study suggests possible new direction for cognitive rehabilitation in the elderly

From the IOS Press press release via EurekAlert!: Research has found that declines in temporal information processing (TIP), the rate at which auditory information is processed, underlies the progressive loss… Read more »