On Sunday, I participated in another research project at Baycrest – Neuroimaging Studies of Attention and Working Memory as a Function of Task Complexity. Quite a mouthful. The young PhD student, Susan, was investigating how the brain pays attention and makes a decision about how to respond when there are differing amounts of information to process before making that decision.” Given that I sometimes have the attention span of a squirrel, she had her work cut out for her. First, she did a hearing test. I was glad to know I’ve got 25-year-old ears. See, what they say about ‘mom ears’ is true. I can hear the cookie jar lid opened from three rooms away. She followed with a simple memorization test. Then came…
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