Intel’s extra-fast 3D storage comes to your desktop PC

It didn’t take long for Intel’s 3D Optane storage to reach a product you can realistically buy. The chip maker has introduced Optane modules designed to boost the performance of your desktop PC. They’re strictly cache drives that only hold 16GB or 32GB (the server module packs 375GB), but don’t let that dismay you. In theory, the combination of extremely low latency (under 10 microseconds) with solid state drive speeds (at least 900MB/s in peak sequential reads) should dramatically reduce loading times across the board.

HOW TO ACTIVATE YOUR BRAIN’S ABILITY TO LEARN

In music, you have scales. In Jiu Jitsu, it’s drilling. Most of us just call it practice. Whatever you label it, many believe that greatness, heck even mere competency, requires training a skill well past proficiency. It’s continuing to practice your free throw even after you’ve nailed every shot. It’s playing through that song one more time even though you’ve made no mistakes. Scientists call this training past the point of improvement ‘overlearning.’ And a recent study in Nature Neuroscience suggests that it might improve performance by altering chemicals in the brain that “lock” in training.

PRENATAL MERCURY EXPOSURE CANCELS OUT COGNITIVE BENEFITS OF EXERCISE

We all know the benefits of a daily dose of physical activity by now. Not only does exercise tone your body so you can wear your favorite jeans, it even helps with your memory. But when it comes to retaining new information, working out may not do much for people who were exposed to high levels of mercury before birth, according to a new study that was just published in thejournal Environmental Health Perspectives.

7 Scientific Ways to Become Smarter

A while back, I posted a column describing five scientific ways to become smarter.  Since then, I’ve been reading more about neuroscience, hoping to find additional easy techniques to improve brain performance.

Researchers believe they’ve discovered ‘anti-memories’

According to new research out of Oxford University, and published in the journal Neuron, a team of scientists believe that they’ve found the neurological equivalent of anti-matter. Just as anti-matter acts as the mirror image of subatomic particles, these “anti-memories” may exist as the bizarro versions of our memories.

5 Ways to Learn and Remember Absolutely Anything

What learning strategies do “quick learners” follow?

Your question is a great one. And it forced me to reflect about the things I have learned across my interests in business, personal development, and martial arts.

A New Drug Erases Memories to Treat Addiction

Methamphetamine is one of the nastiest drug addictions to overcome, in part because memories of the high are so powerful. But what if scientists could erase those drug-infused recollections? Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a drug that’s able to do just that in mice.

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