... 's fitness and his or her performance on certain spatial memory tests. There was also a strong correlation between fitness ... hippocampus, and the people that have more tissue in the hippocampus have a better spatial memory," said U. of I. psychology professor ...
... . Now researchers have found that elderly adults who are more physically fit tend to have bigger hippocampi and better spatial memory than those who are less fit ...
... of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and for restoring memory in areas of the brain that are necessary for orientation. "This work ... contain three types of neurons that contribute to the formation of spatial memories and the spatial information in episodic ...
... , on average; the average overall score on both tests was 100. A similar pattern was observed for spatial memory and other visual-motor measures. Lozoff ...
... cognitive decline: compared to placebo, extract-exposed Alzheimer's mice showed improved spatial memory. These data suggest that before symptoms ...
... that may be important for scene analysis, sensorimotor control and spatial memory and navigation." The research could help neurobiologists ... of the environment in which it operates, displaying a very sensitive spatial memory component. The vocalizations tell the bat ...
... . In the old group, the researchers found that the top performers in the spatial memory task were also the ones that showed the best sleep ... in the maze while asleep also performed better on the spatial memory task. "This is the first study to suggest ...
... cognitive skills, involving parts of the brain used for memory, attention, perception, and decision-making. It also requires ... , or following stereotyped movements to move between locations. The spatial memory system is more complex. When moving through ...
... matter, using voxel-based morphometry, which takes spatial, unbiased MRI measurements independent of the operator ... (delayed recall), which measure the verbal and visuo-spatial memory respectively. "Our results provide evidence ...
... is mainly handled by left hemisphere, while spatial recognition is more specialized to the right hemisphere. However ... colleagues found that synaptic size and shape in the center of the spatial memory (i.e. hippocampus) were asymmetrical ...
Scientists found that synaptic size and shape in the center of the spatial memory (i.e. hippocampus) were asymmetrical between synapses receiving input from the left and right hemisphere ...
... eliminate carbohydrates from their meals, they performed more poorly on memory-based tasks than when they reduce calories, but maintain ... -term and short-term memory, and visual attention, and spatial memory. The first session was held ...
... they were in the virtual reality environment. In other words, we could 'read' their spatial memories." Earlier studies in rats have shown ... , Hassabis, Maguire and colleagues found that the patterns relating to spatial memory were located in this same area, suggesting ...
... that the hippocampus, a region of the brain critical to navigation, memory, and imagining future experiences, works in a structured ...
How many times have you wondered where did I leave my keys? Activity in your hippocampus and medial temporal lobes encodes the answer. read more
