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Eidetic Memory: Myth or Real : Photographic Memory

Article by Erik Brewer

It is thought to be found in some children nevertheless, they tend to lose this memory when they enter adulthood. Some neuroscientists, psychiatrists and linquists define photographic memory as a person’s capacity to recall images, seems or objects accurately as effectively as big amounts of details and do this rapidly. Think of it as a xerox type of memory. Probably you might believe that this would be an advantage but in reality in several situations it… Continue reading

Brain Foods : Brain Food Diets Make a Person Smarter – Myth Or Fact?

The idea that eating certain “brain foods” such as fish and eggs could make a person smarter has been in existence for centuries. Unlike most miracle-food rumors, these claims have some basis in fact.

Fish, for example, especially salt-water fish, is a good source of iodine. Before iodine was routinely added to salt, many people who lived inland lacked this mineral in their diets. This often caused a condition called goiter, where the thyroid gland enlarges and production of the… Continue reading