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  2. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - Wikipedia

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    It starts with introducing Kristyna, who develops a romantic relationship with a student studying philosophy and poetry. Then, it explains the Czech word litost, which the author says cannot be accurately translated into any other language. Litost is, according to Kundera, "a state of torment created by the sudden sight of one's own misery."

  3. Memory lapses: What’s normal, what’s not - AOL

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    Age-related memory loss can be frustrating and scary. But it doesn’t always mean you’re on the road to dementia. Here’s a look at a few common types of memory lapses, and what to watch out for:

  4. Memory and aging - Wikipedia

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    Age-related memory loss, sometimes described as "normal aging" (also spelled "ageing" in British English), is qualitatively different from memory loss associated with types of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease, and is believed to have a different brain mechanism.

  5. Funes the Memorious - Wikipedia

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    The story raises the unresolved question of how much unfulfilled potential the human brain truly contains. The very existence of eidetic (photographic) memory is controversial, although hyperthymesia , now known as highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), the ability to recall one's past day-by-day, has been confirmed to exist by some ...

  6. Seniors: These 16 Exercises Will Help Keep Your Mind Sharp - AOL

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    The Tray Game for Seniors. This is a fun activity for boosting memory and helping to keep the brain sharp. It involves a caregiver or friend's help.

  7. Forgetting - Wikipedia

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    Free recall is a basic paradigm used to study human memory. In a free recall task, a subject is presented a list of to-be-remembered items, one at a time. For example, an experimenter might read a list of 20 words aloud, presenting a new word to the subject every 4 seconds.

  8. Absent-mindedness - Wikipedia

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    Absent-mindedness is a mental state wherein a person is forgetfully inattentive. [1] It is the opposite mental state of mindfulness.. Absent-mindedness is often caused by things such as boredom, sleepiness, rumination, distraction, or preoccupation with one's own internal monologue.

  9. Doorway effect - Wikipedia

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    Separate studies on the presence of a doorway effect elicited incongruences with typical rhythms of life. Some suggest it may be reasonable to expect that humans should instead be rather facile with dealing with movement from one location to another, and its effects on memory recall – especially with objects one was recently carrying.