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May 31, 2014

Are cameraphones ruining your memory? Well, experts think they are… and here’s why

Experts have warned that the obsession with recording and sharing every moment could be having an adverse effect on our memories. One psychologist has claimed people are becoming increasingly unable to live in the moment. They say the phenomenon is ‘kind of a loss’. Maryanne Garry, a psychology professor at the Victoria University of Wellington […]

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Should drawings and posters be BANNED from classrooms? Researchers say clean walls are less distracting for students

Classroom walls are traditionally covered in maps, drawings and paintings. However, researchers have found that the colourful covering could actually be distracting pupils. The key to learning effectively, they found, was clear walls. ‘Young children spend a lot of time — usually the whole day — in the same classroom, and we have shown that

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