Research suggests that
slowing down our fastpaced
lifestyles and taking time
for reflection and relaxation may
help our brains perform better
Researchers asked 16 adult
volunteers to view pairs of
images (e.g. an object and a
face, or an object and a scene)
without informing the study
participants that they would
be asked to remember the
images later. Following the
image-viewing, volunteers were
instructed to rest for a time
without falling asleep and think
about whatever they liked.
After the rest period, the
participants underwent testing
to determine how well they
remembered the image pairs.
Brain scans revealed that
while participants were viewing
the images and then resting,
they showed an increase
in the activity between the
hippocampus (a key memory
region of the brain) and the
neocortex, where the processing
of images occur
There was a significant
correlation between brain activity
during image-viewing and
resting, suggesting that brain
activity in the resting phase was
related to memory association.
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