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Recent Mentions in the Media

Rosebud podcast with Gyles Brandreth The memory man - Professor Jon Simons Daily Mail Cambridge scientist reveals ingenious memory trick - and it's deceptively simple
The Times Why is the weather so bad? It really isn't, say experts
University of Cambridge press release Search is on for 'super memorisers' to help scientists unlock the secrets of memory BBC Breakfast Live interview on BBC One Breakfast TV BBC Radio 4 Live interview on BBC Radio 4 Today programme BBC Radio 5 Live Live interview on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast Sky News Are you a 'super memoriser'? Test launched to find people with exceptional memories Independent Academics launch search for 'super memorisers' for new study Daily Mail Are YOU a 'super memoriser'? Scientists release game to hunt down Brits with exceptional memory Daily Mirror Brits urged to take quiz and figure out if they're 'super-memorisers' to help with study The Times It's exam season: how to boost your child's memory BBC One Mention on satirical news show Have I Got News For You
National Theatre After Life talks: How memories are made and remembered
Guardian Brain fog: how trauma, uncertainty and isolation have affected our minds and memory
BBC Radio 4 Sideways: Mental athletics
Aviva Podcast Understanding cognitive reserve to improve resilience to dementia
How Not to Get Old One woman's quest to take control of the ageing process The Times How Not to Get Old by Jane Gordon review Daily Mail Roll back the years with rumba Waitrose magazine I've gained a new zest for life
Polyphony An interdisciplinary approach to remembering
British Psychological Society Research Digest A key brain difference between voice-hearing patients and voice-hearing healthy controls challenges the "continuum model"
Emmanuel College News Remembering from the Inside – a multidisciplinary workshop with Jon Simons and Charles Fernyhough
Department of Psychology Experimental Psychology Society Frith Prize awarded to Dr Rose Cooper
Stylist magazine Who are you calling scaredy-cat? [Download PDF]
BBC World Service Crowd Science: Does asking questions improve your memory?
Medium Your childhood memories are probably fake
Sunday Telegraph How I gave myself a mid-life memory boost
Association for Psychological Science Observer magazine Getting a grip on reality
Department of Psychology Friday Evening Discourse at the Royal Institution with Dr. Jon Simons
Cambridge Neuroscience New year accolades for Cambridge Neuroscientists
BBC World Service Crowd Science: How can I remember more?
Periscope TV Andrew Bateman #CambridgeBRAINFest interview with Jon Simons
Cognitive Neuroscience Society Sorting out what is real: Q&A with Jon Simons
Department of Psychology press release New paper published on the success, precision and vividness of episodic memory Ed Yong in The Atlantic Memory lane has a three-way fork
Guardian No evidence to back idea of learning styles Cambridge News Cambridge colleges use their heads to launch new learning partnership Cambridge Neuroscience News Effectively translating neuroscience for teaching practice: opportunities and next steps
University of Cambridge press release Being overweight linked to poorer memory BBC News Obesity linked to 'worse memory' Daily Mail Overweight adults have poorer memory than their thinner peers Daily Express Being overweight could impair your memory, say scientists Guardian Obesity linked to memory deficits Cambridge TV News Lucy Cheke talks about the link between memory and overeating BBC Future Why obesity damages your mind as well as your body Guardian Obesity alters brain structure and function NPR The wrong eating habits can hurt your brain, not just your waistline
Insight TV Extraordinary Humans: The Memory Lab meets a memory superstar
University of Cambridge press release Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure BBC News Frontal brain wrinkle linked to hallucinations NHS Choices Region of brain 'shorter' in people with hallucinations IFL Science Hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia linked to differences in brain structure The Conversation Hallucinations? They may just be caused by a fold in the brain
BBC Radio 5 live Science Interview: Naked Scientists - Can you trust your memory?
Time magazine Why 40% of Americans misremember their 9/11 experience Global News Canada Remember where you were on 9/11? Study suggests memories may be distorted
The Psychologist fMRI guide for journalists
Department of Psychology Dr Jon Simons on expert panel at the Royal Institution
University of Cambridge press release People can 'beat' guilt detection tests by suppressing incriminating memories
Daily Mail How to cheat a lie detector test: Researchers reveal they can be tricked by suppressing certain memories
Real Clear Science Memory suppression can 'beat' guilt detection tests
Medical Daily How to beat lie detector brain scans: Suppress memories of guilt
Pacific Standard magazine Brain scan lie detectors just don't work
Times Higher Education Memory lane: Diversion ahead
ABC Radio National Australia Research Filter: Guilt detection tests
Guardian Research in brief
The Psychologist Imagining the future: A bird's eye view
Cambridge Neuroscience Dr Jon Simons awarded prestigious grant from James S McDonnell Foundation
Public lecture at Experimental Psychology Society meeting, London
University of Cambridge press release Test your memory! Guardian Put your memory to the test in our online experiment Global experiment probes the deceptions of human memory Guardian memory guide How to maximise your memory How to make the most of your memory as you age The Psychologist Memory bonanza Clip from talk to educators on maximising exam performance
Scientific American Mind Forgetting is key to a healthy mind
The Dana Foundation Making memory may mean modeling and remodeling
University of Cambridge press release Keeping track of reality Guardian Memory errors are all in the groove Reuters Brain memory finding may help schizophrenia research Daily Mail Why you shouldn't blame your colleagues for stealing your ideas Time magazine Reality check: Why some brains can't tell real from imagined Popular Science magazine Found: The particular brain fold that helps people distinguish between imagination and reality Addiction Inbox Interview with neuroscientist Jon Simons
Nature Turning point: Jon Simons
The Fix Alcohol and state-dependent memory
Wired Is cognitive science full of crap? (answer: no more than most science)
The Psychologist Forum web chat
Cambridge Neuroscience Dr. Jon Simons selected to receive the Experimental Psychology Society Prize
OUPS Quarterly Magazine Linking the labyrinths: Neuroscience and memory
Varsity In the know: Cambridge research (scroll down to 'Total Recall' section)
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Live interview: How to win at Mastermind
BBC News Online 'Daydreaming' brain is coma clue
The Times newspaper One in five witnesses sees imagined events as reality
Wellcome Science Did you really see it? Exploring the neurological basis of hallucinations
Science Daily Our grip on reality is slim, says University College London scientist
Asian News International Neurological basis behind hallucinations, say boffins (!)
UCL Communications Experiment of the month
Neurolearning Blog Understanding thinking: The feeling of knowing
NYU press release New York University Launches 9/11 Memory Database
APA Monitor Alzheimer's patients show intense emotional reactions to 9/11

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