[MURG] Brain's Cache Memory Found (fwd from brian-slashdotnews@hyperreal.org)

[Eugen Leitl]

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Date: 16 Apr 2004 10:26:02 -0000
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Subject: Brain's Cache Memory Found
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Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/16/0531225
Posted by: CowboyNeal, on 2004-04-16 08:34:00
Topic: science, 146 comments

   from the forget-me-not dept.
   Shipud writes "Electrical activity in a single section of the brain
   has been linked to very short-term [1]working memory, as is
   [2]reported at Nature. Very short-term working memory capacity is
   thought to be related to intelligence. In the same way that a larger
   cache speeds processing time, people with a greater capacity for
   holding images in their heads are expected to have better reasoning
   and problem-solving skills. The localization of this ability is a
   surprising finding, as until now it was believed that STWM was
   diffused throughout the cortex, rather than localized."

References

   1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_term_memory
   2. http://www.nature.com/nsu/040412/040412-3.html

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