Canceling an Action Saps MemoryYou’re driving on a busy road and you intend to switch lanes wh
Canceling an Action Saps MemoryYou’re driving on a busy road and you intend to switch lanes when you suddenly realize that there’s a car in your blind spot. You have to put a stop to your lane change — and quickly.A new study by Duke University researchers suggests that this type of scenario makes a person less likely to remember what halted the action — for example, the make and model of the car in the blind spot.People and non-human primates excel at “response inhibition.” Our sophisticated brains allow us to cancel an action even when it’s something engrained, like driving on the right side of the road. Although it’s not easy, we can override this inclination when we drive in foreign countries with left-hand traffic.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2015/08/canceling-action-saps-memory -- source link
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