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ecstasy - effects on memory

Ecstasy

effects - age

Burke et al 1991 ; Dunlosky & Connor 1997 ; Memory in normal old age

effects - anxiety

Anxiety over maths blocks learning ; March 2002 news report

effects - caffeine

Harrison & Horne 2000

effects - cocaine

February 2002 news report ; April 2002 news report

effects - collaborative recall

Basden et al 1997 ; Weldon & Bellinger 1997

effects - dietary supplements

Food & supplements

effects - drugs & chemicals

Drugs & chemicals ; Harrison & Horne 2000

effects - emotion

Emotion

effects - exercise

Research reports

effects - food & supplements

Food and supplements

effects - mood

March 2002 news report

effects - practice

Research reports

effects - sleep

Harrison & Horne 2000; Controversy over sleep's role in memory ; New motor skills consolidated during sleep ; Deep "slow wave" sleep necessary to consolidate memories

effects - smell

Herz 1997

effects - spacing learning

Landauer & Ross 1977

effects - time of day

Folkard & Monk 1988

effects - tobacco

April 2002 news report

elaboration

Remembering names & faces

elaborative interrogation

Elaborating the information for better remembering ; Research reports

emotion

Emotion

emotional memory

Autobiographical memory

epicatechin

Natural compound and exercise boost memory in mice

episodic memory

More light shed on how episodic memories are formed ; Gene linked to poor episodic memory

ERN

see error-related negativity

EROS

More on why older adults are more distractible

error-related negativity

Insight into the processes of 'positive' and 'negative' learners

estrogen

Food and supplements; April news report

event memory

The domains of memory ; Autobiographical memory; Context is everything [review] ; Tversky & Marsh 2000 ; Suppressing your expression of emotion affects your memory for the event

event memory - children

Research reports; Childhood "amnesia" linked to vocabulary

evolution of memory\

Evolution of the mammalian brain ; Manipulating a signaling protein in a developing mouse brain caused radical changes in the cortex and may provide a clue about how the cerebral cortex changes in evolution ; Human frontal cortex not proportionately larger compared to great apes ; Living in large groups could give you a better memory

example - notetaking

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exercise - effects on memory

Research reports; Walking reduces cognitive decline in older women ; Aerobic exercise improves some mental processes in older adults

expert knowledge

About expert knowledge

expertise

About expert knowledge; Learning a new skill ; Developing expertise ; About expertise

experts vs novices

About expert knowledge

external cues

Remembering to do things

external memory aids

Everyday memory strategies ; Remembering to do things ; External memory aids ; Mnemonics

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