Science news articles about 'word pairs'

... . Maki and colleagues also objectively measured memory performance -- the recollection of words, names, word pairs, paragraphs and stories -- using standard neuropsychological tests. "When we looked ...

... stuffed toy. "It's a sort of memory trick," Ranganath said. When volunteers memorized word pairs as a compound word, the perirhinal cortex lit up, and this activity predicted whether the volunteers ...

... data about memory and intelligence were also collected. Participants were asked to perform a declarative word-pair association task before and after a 90-minute nap periods in the laboratory; naps ...

... – a type of bullying or harassment – at some point in their lives. After reviewing a list of neutral word pairs, each participant underwent fMRI. During imaging, they were presented with one of the ...