Last week, scientists at Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University released the promising results of a study, entitled, Selective Entrainment of Theta Oscillations in the Dorsal Stream Causally Enhances Auditory Working Memory Performance. Building off the commonly accepted neurological “Two-stream” hypothesis for the mechanism of visual and auditory mental processing, the scientists used forms of Read More…
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New Study Suggests that “Detecting Misinformation” can Improve Memory
In conjunction with the recent wave of “Russian hacking” and “fake news epidemic” headlines, the scientific community follows in suit as it usually, in part, tends to do. However, since this is not exactly a politically oriented study, this article will refrain from over-stating these points any further; and of course, it goes without saying Read More…
Ten Myths About Marijuana That No One Should Believe – Part 6: Marijuana causes memory loss and a general reduction in logic
From the original Jeff Spicoli to everyone’s favorite burger seeking duo Harold and Kumar, the idea of the lazy and forgetful marijuana smoker is a stereotype that has been embraced by cannabis culture and prohibitionists alike. One would be hard pressed to find a recreational cannabis smoker that hadn’t experienced some level of forgetfulness associated with marijuana. That Read More…