Ignoring Useless Info Aids Memory

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Ignoring useless information aids memory
How much someone remembers does not depend on brain space, study finds

LONDON (Reuters) -- Filtering out useless information can help people increase their capacity to remember what is really important, researchers said on Wednesday.

Scientists at the University of Oregon have demonstrated that awareness, or visual working memory, does not depend on extra storage space in the brain but on an ability to ignore what is irrelevant. Read full story.

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