Memory Tricks

Studies Show Facebook Improves Intelligence, Tweeting Weakens Memory

Telegraph | Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology


Playing video war games and solving Sudoku may have the same effect as keeping up to date with Facebook, according to Dr Tracy Alloway. But text me...

How To Improve Your Memory

The Times | Jo Carlowe | Posted 09.10.2008 | Living


To put it into perspective: on average most of us can recall between five and nine numbers in a row. The eight-times world memory champion Dominic O'B...

How To Make Yourself Smarter

New York Times | Nicholas Bakalar | Posted 05.08.2008 | Living


A new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower they had at birth. Until now, it had ...

Study: Men More Forgetful Than Women

LiveScience | Jeanna Bryner | Posted 04.25.2008 | Living


Men are more likely than women to have problems with memory and other thinking skills, symptoms considered to be an early stage of dementia, research...

Secrets To A Sharper Mind

CNN.com | Lisa Mulcahy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


You can't find your glasses (they're on your head), you forgot the morning staff meeting (it was an hour ago), and the kids are safely at school (but ...