Sentences with phrase «improve episodic memory»

However, a study conducted by the University of Montreal published in October 2013 indicated that high vitamin K levels improve episodic memory (the ability to recall information in the right space - time context).

We therefore hypothesized that theta - burst microstimulation, targeted to brain regions containing afferent fibers to the hippocampus, would improve episodic memory performance in humans.

The study focused on improving episodic memory, which is the most common type of memory loss in people with Alzheimer's disease, stroke and head injury.

Not exact matches

Professor Peter Jones adds: «These are promising results and suggest that there may be the potential to use game apps to not only improve a patient's episodic memory, but also their functioning in activities of daily living.

In a study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, a team of researchers led by Professor Barbara Sahakian from the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge describe how they developed and tested Wizard, an iPad game aimed at improving an individual's episodic memory.

Researchers found that «the glycine compound significantly improved both visual and verbal episodic memory retrieval in both [older and younger] groups».

In this way the episodic memory of the students is tagged with a memorable event which can improve their recall, but note, not necessarily their conceptual understanding (Graham, Papa & Brooks, 1992).