Short term memory: What is it and practical exercises
What is short-term memory? How is it different from long-term memory? In the following article, we will try to answer these and other questions with […]
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What Are Cognitive Skills? A Guide
The human brain is the center of cognition. Everything that encompasses life—words, visions, memories, understanding the environment—exist because of cognition. Cognitive skills are the vehicle […]
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Types of Memory: Learn everything you need to know
Where did you put the keys? Why does she look so familiar? What was his name again? This is a situation we have all been at […]
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Déjà vu: All about that feeling of familiarity
“Been there. Done that” is a common saying in English. Did you know that “Been there, Seen that” is, too? We just don’t say it […]
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Photographic Memory Real: A Snapshot of Photographic Memory
Is having a photographic memory real? A photographic memory is usually used to describe when someone has the stunning ability to recall visual information in […]
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Semantic Memory: “It’s on the tip of my tongue!”
“It’s on the tip of my tongue!” Semantic memory stores what we now about the world and language. When we want to remember certain things […]
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Development of Cognitive Skills; Piaget’s theory.
Crawl before you walk, walk before you run! When it comes to development, this phrase is certainly true. Before children learn to talk and are […]
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Too Much Coffee? How Caffeine Affects Your Brain
Almost everyone loves to have a nice, hot cup of coffee every once in a while. In fact, studies show that 85% of the U.S. […]
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Anterograde Amnesia: Familiar faces become strangers
Anterograde Amnesia: Imagine yourself wandering up and down the streets not finding back home. Well, the solution is simple, looking for a taxi or ask […]
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Not Sure If You Should Take The Leap? Cognitive Benefits of Learning Foreign Languages
We may not look back on our foreign language classes at school with much fondness.However, after reading about the following benefits of learning foreign languages, […]
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Emotional memories: How emotions help you remember
Have you ever wondered why are there situations you can remember better and more vividly than others? How you might even experience an intense emotion […]
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Types of exercise: Different types of exercise and their benefits
Types of exercise. Cue the groans! This blog post is all about the benefits of different types of exercise. Yes! You read that correctly! Although […]
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How to Improve Your Short-Term Memory: Study Tips to Remember Everything
If you want to improve your short-term memory, look no further for some ways to help you out. Your short-term memory is what allows you […]
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Amygdala: The powerhouse of emotions
Our brain is a palace of structures. It dictates everything we do, how we think, how we behave and how we feel. In this article, […]
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Stroke: A useful guide to everything you need to know about strokes
There are approximately thousands of people who suffer from headaches, migraines, neck pains, etc. but what happens when these symptoms become acuter and are followed […]
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Non-Native Accent in the Job: The Problems
In a world that is becoming smaller and smaller, a mix of different cultures becomes more prevalent in our job and also our private life. […]
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Significant learning: How do we internalize information?
What is significant learning? Learning is an essential part of our lives. We need to constantly acquire new knowledge and put it into practice in […]
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Color Psychology: How Colors Affect Us and What Each One Means
What is color psychology? How do colors influence emotions? What do the colors mean? What do the colors convey in different cultures? The meaning of […]
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EMDR: What is it, who is it for, how does it work and is it effective?
In the world of psychology, there are many options for the type of treatment a patient can receive. The type of treatment is all dependent […]
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Learning Styles: What are They, Models and Discussion
Learning Styles. Learning is a massive part of everyone’s life. From childhood to adolescence, we go to school for hours daily to learn about various […]
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Metacognition: Thinking About Thinking Improves Learning
Metacognition. Have you ever analyzed the strategies you use for learning new information? Do you read the information out loud several times? Or do you […]
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Korsakoff Syndrome: inventing memories to compensate forgetfulness
Korsakoff syndrome is a memory problem that is usually due to alcohol abuse or overly restrictive diets that lead to vitamin deficiency. Find out here […]
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Hippocampus: the orchestra director in the deepest part of our brain
Hippocampus. Have you ever gone blank and forgotten what you were going to say? Our brain is full of important data and information that we […]
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Priming: Useful guide to the different types and its measurability
In psychology, priming is the implicit memory effect where a stimulus that is exposed influences a response to a later stimulus. This will be your […]
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Sensory Memory: The Motor Behind Your Hidden Abilities
Can you see with your eyes closed? Can you hear someone’s voice, even when you’re alone? Have you ever traveled in time with a smell […]
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The Effects of Video Games: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Effects of video games. Growing up, video games were an inescapable part of life and were a large part of development and socialization. Pokemon, which was […]
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False Memories: Can You Trust Your Memory?
We often don’t think about the accuracy of our memories. We just assume that they’re exact and precise, because it’s something that we experienced. But […]
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How to Remember Everything: Memory Techniques
Are you struggling to remember things in your everyday life? Whether its forgetting people’s names immediately after meeting them, attempting to recall your grocery list, […]
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Sleeping Well Improves Memory: Advantages of Being Well-Rested
Sleeping well improves memory? Who hasn’t had problems concentrating at work after a poor night’s sleep? In 2013, a study showed that this common complaint […]
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How to improve your memory: Tips to stop forgetting things
At some time in our lives, we’ve all had to search through the entire house to find something because we didn’t remember where we left […]
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