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Researchers from the University of Roehampton in London divided their subjects into three groups.
In Group 1, participants were asked to complete their task while walking forward.
In Group 2, participants completed the same tasks while walking backward.
In Group 3, participants actedĀ as a control group, doing the same tasks but standing still.
Results-The walking backward groupĀ (Group 2)Ā recalled the task they did.
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laboratory study out ofĀ Michigan State UniversityĀ determined that working in an environment with dim lighting can "change the brain's structure and hurt one's ability to remember and learn."
In the end, the rats in the dim light "lost about 30 percent of capacity in the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, and performed poorly on a spatial task they had trained on previously," according to the study.
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study out of King's College London. Researchers here wanted to determine if intermittent fasting might spur hippocampal neurogenesisĀ and improve the memory performance of lab mice.
results-The study found that the intermittent fasting groupĀ had "improved long-term memory retention compared to the other groups."
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Neuroscientists at Trinity College in Dublin surmised recently in the journalĀ Nature ReviewsĀ NeuroscienceĀ that forgetfulnessĀ has a lot more to do with inability to access memories, as opposed to whether the memories were still physically stored in the brain.
These researchersĀ sayĀ it might be a net positive
best advice here might simply be not to worry about normal memory loss.
Instead, accept it as a normal, healthy part of brain function--but also shoreĀ up your importantĀ memoriesĀ with checklists,Ā calendars, and other tools.Ā
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