Do nicotine patches help short-term memory?

In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader with a question about how best to use Astepro to prevent COVID-19.
Forbes

Short Vs. Long Term Memory: Why You Remember Your Birthday But Not Where You Left Your Keys

Rather than holding information in specific areas of the brain, our memories are represented by the connections between neurons, called synapses. According to a recent study from the Salk Institute in ...
WFMZ-TV

Heavy Weed Use Affects Young Adults' Short-Term Memory

Heavy weed use appears to dull the memory of young adults MRI scans showed less activation among heavy users in brain regions associated with working memory These regions have lots of cannabinoid ...
UPI

Heavy marijuana use can impact young adults' short-term memory, study says

Heavy weed use appears to dull the brains of young adults, particularly affecting their short-term working memory, a new study suggests. MRI scans showed less brain activation in heavy tokers ...
Yahoo

Exercise can boost your memory — and a new study says the short-term cognitive benefits can last for 24 hours

Decades of research has found that exercise is helpful for overall health and fitness, doing everything from lowering your risk of heart disease to helping you sleep better. According to a new study, ...
eLife

Synaptic Theory of Chunking in Working Memory

This valuable study links psychological theories of chunking with a physiological implementation based on short-term synaptic plasticity and synaptic augmentation. The theoretical derivation for ...
The New York Times

Now, What Was I Looking For?

Why your short-term memory falters, and how to make it better. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Caroline Hopkins Q: Some thoughts vanish from my brain as soon as I think of ...