Articles Tagged: memory

Daydreaming kids may be brighter, say scientists

By Keith Kendrick, Mar 19, 2012

Is you child a daydreamer, always lost in their own thoughts, and easily distracted? Are you forever nagging them to get a move on, pick things up, do this, do that, because they never seem to pay attention to a single thing you say?

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Dad loses 17 years of Christmas memories

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Dec 20, 2011

When dad of two Gary Rogers, 43, had a heart attack on a holiday to Turkey last year, he fell into a coma which left him with brain damage.

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Is SpongeBob SquarePants destroying our children's memories?

By Kyrsty Hazell, Sep 13, 2011

Fans of the wacky yellow sea sponge Bob and his trusty marine sidekick Patrick Star should look away now... Psychologists have warned that children who regularly tune into SpongeBob SquarePants' escapades have lower concentration spans and bad problem solving skills.

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Schoolgirl memorises Pi to 301 in just three evenings!

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jul 20, 2011

An 11-year-old schoolgirl has wowed her teachers by memorising Pi to 301 decimal places. Brainy Alexa McTiffin from Clitheroe, Lancashire, learned the vast string of numbers OFF BY HEART over just three evenings!

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Mum wakes from coma - but can't remember her baby

By parentdish.co.uk, Mar 18, 2011

Ten days after giving birth, Stevie Caffrey collapsed. With her heart and kidneys failing, doctors put her into a medically ...

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Pregnant and grieving

By Lianne Kolirin, Mar 2, 2011

The pregnancy test box bore an image of crossed fingers. Were they hoping for one line or two? And what did I want...? In ...

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So childbirth is painless and there's no such thing as "baby brain" - what next?

By Jenny Cornish, Feb 6, 2010

Mums everywhere will have been rather peeved by two bits of news this week. Firstly, supermodel Gisele Bundchen claims ...

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