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How Chronic Overwork Impairs Memory and Cognitive Performance

Meera, a 35-year-old passionate teacher, loved her job along with her students. Always the first to arrive, the last to leave school. But over time, she noticed changes like forgetting students’ names mid-conversation, leaving her tea on the roof of

Education

Unlock Your Brain’s Power: Enhance Memory and Cognitive Performance

One essential cognitive system that allows humans to store and process information for brief periods is working memory. It is fundamental to several mental functions, including comprehension, learning, and reasoning. The notion of working memory is examined in this article,

Research

Brain Structures Interlinked in Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation

Don’t think your brain shuts down when you’re sleeping; actually, it has quite a bit to shift through and save to long-term memory when we’re asleep. Most of us do get the benefit of the role of sleep in our

Technology

How Is Technology Redefining Human Memory?

The only number most people still have memorised is their mother’s or some other family member’s number, saved not just in the phone, but in the mind as well. For what occasion exactly, though? That’s harder to pin down. What’s

Education

Cognitive Fatigue and Academic Performance in University Students with ADHD

Education is a widely recognised, powerful tool for society and for individuals. Neurodivergent students experience cognitive fatigue and impaired attention regulation, which are associated with poor academic performance and outcomes (Henning, Summerfeldt,& Parker, 2022). While attending classroom lectures and writing

Awareness

How Chronic Stress Disrupts Working Memory: The Role of Cortisol Awakening Response

How Dysregulated HPA-Axis Activation Correlates with Working Memory Deficits Under Chronic Stress. The human brain is very susceptible to stress. Although short bursts of stress might make a person sharper and more efficient, chronic stress speaks a different language –

Research

When Memory Meets Motivation: The Hippocampus at Work

This research explores how the hippocampus, a key part of the brain involved in memory and learning, also plays a role in reward prediction, the ability to anticipate positive outcomes based on past experiences. The study shows that the hippocampus does

Education

The Performance Paradox in Education: When Grades Matter More Than Growth

Riya is the ideal student that every teacher and parent would aspire to have, the perfect 96% score in JEE Advance, followed by a 9.0 CGPA in college, polished answers, a pristine resume, and a roadmap for the future in

Industrial

Mind Meets Workplace: Unlocking Cognitive and Behavioural Drivers for Motivation, Productivity and Performance

What drives employees to give their best or hold back at work? The answer lies not just in rewards or job titles, but deep within the cognitive and behavioural processes that impact their actions. This article delves into the psychological

Awareness

Beyond Memory: How Culture and Patriarchy Persist Despite Cognitive Decline

Memories fade with time. From birth to death, the entire human life cycle encompasses multiple events that progress through various stages of memory, including sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory, before they are ultimately forgotten. While the academicians still