Neuroscience
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- Forget Stroop, Here's The Snarc
You’ve probably heard of the Stroop effect (if not, see here), now let me introduce you to the SNARC. The Spatial Numerical Association of Response Codes (SNARC) effect is the observation that people are faster to make a judgment about a number if the...
- The Fine Points Of Forgetfulness
From today's New York Times: Forgetting May Be Part of the Process of Remembering By BENEDICT CAREY June 5, 2007 Whether drawing a mental blank on a new A.T.M. password, a favorite recipe or an old boyfriend, people have ample opportunity every day...
- The Performance Of Impermanence
An excellent piece in tomorrow's New York Times:Memorizing Her Lines Is Out of the Question By DAVID CARR The New York Times Published: October 9, 2005 THE first time I met Caris Corfman after her one-woman show at the Flea Theater, she looked -...
- Dementia On Coronation Street
From The Scotsman:Alzheimer's set to take centre stage in TV soap LISA HAYNES 26 September 2005 HE'S always been the bolshy, confident character on the cobbles of Coronation Street, but this year Mike Baldwin's life is set to take a dramatic...
- Memory, Math, And Cognitive Science Fiction
I just finished a delightful novel called The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa and translated by Stephen Snyder. What was interesting from a cognitive science perspective was that the (unnamed) Professor had a traumatic brain injury which...
Neuroscience
O Password, O Password, Where Art Thou?
From The Scotsman:
Passwords add up to information overload for brain[ ... Read the full article ... ]
FIONA MACGREGOR
The Scotsman
03 October 2005
INCREASING use of PIN numbers and passwords has left the average person struggling to remember at least 20 digits or characters on a daily basis.
With codes necessary to access e-mails and internet sites, pay for goods while shopping with chip and PIN cards, telephone banking, accessing voice mails and numerous other common activities, a new study by ICM found that one in five people has lost money, important data and even their job as a result of forgetting important pass details.
According to a survey of more than 1,000 adults, the average person now has to instantly recall 21 digits or characters from memory, but at least 40 per cent of people say they have forgotten codes at vital moments.
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Michael Saling, head of neuropsychology at Melbourne University, calls it "busy-line syndrome" and has reported that a growing number of those who can't keep up are seeking medical help.
He said: "It's a condition people develop when they have too much on their plate. They begin to forget details about their life.
"Passwords and PINs are prime candidates for being forgotten, when they are just arbitrary numbers and people can't relate them to anything."
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- Forget Stroop, Here's The Snarc
You’ve probably heard of the Stroop effect (if not, see here), now let me introduce you to the SNARC. The Spatial Numerical Association of Response Codes (SNARC) effect is the observation that people are faster to make a judgment about a number if the...
- The Fine Points Of Forgetfulness
From today's New York Times: Forgetting May Be Part of the Process of Remembering By BENEDICT CAREY June 5, 2007 Whether drawing a mental blank on a new A.T.M. password, a favorite recipe or an old boyfriend, people have ample opportunity every day...
- The Performance Of Impermanence
An excellent piece in tomorrow's New York Times:Memorizing Her Lines Is Out of the Question By DAVID CARR The New York Times Published: October 9, 2005 THE first time I met Caris Corfman after her one-woman show at the Flea Theater, she looked -...
- Dementia On Coronation Street
From The Scotsman:Alzheimer's set to take centre stage in TV soap LISA HAYNES 26 September 2005 HE'S always been the bolshy, confident character on the cobbles of Coronation Street, but this year Mike Baldwin's life is set to take a dramatic...
- Memory, Math, And Cognitive Science Fiction
I just finished a delightful novel called The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa and translated by Stephen Snyder. What was interesting from a cognitive science perspective was that the (unnamed) Professor had a traumatic brain injury which...