Anticipation plays a powerful role in human memory, brain study finds
Psychologists have long known that memories of disturbing emotional events - such as an act of violence or the unexpected death of a loved one - are more vivid and deeply imprinted in the brain than mundane recollections of everyday matters. Probing deeper into how such memories form, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that the mere anticipation of a fearful sit...Down syndrome life anticipation doubles
According to a new study, people with Down syndrome live twice as long today as they did in the early 1980s'. These patients have a lower than average risk of developing many forms of cancer. The study by Quanhe Yang and colleagues published in this week's Lancet was based on data collected from death certificates between 1980 and 1995 in the US.// The researchers found that the averag...Life anticipation differences identified
According to researchers, high blood pressure is a major factor accounting for differences in life expectancy between blacks and whites. It's well known that black people live, on average, six years less than white people. And those who did not complete //high school are at a similar disadvantage compared to high school graduates. Now, for the first time, a study has identified the major health f...Anticipation Of Pain Hurts Just As Bad As Experiencing It
The researchers used brain scans to try and study the biology of dread. They tried to study as to how much attention the brain pays to the expected pain // determines and whether someone is an extreme dreader, they are trying to suggesting that simple diversions could alleviate the misery. The research, published in the journal Science, is part of a new field called neuroeconomics tha...Anticipation Could Have An Intense Effect On Memory
Anticipation of a fearful situation can play an important role in inspiring memory. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, while conducting a more in-depth research// on the formation of memory have come up with the findings that the very anticipation of a fearful situation can stir up two memory-forming regions of the brain even before the event has occurred....