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Undergraduates were able
to increase their score on the verbal GREs from 460 to 520, just by taking
a mindfulness meditation class. Probably because meditation
improves focus and focus improves memory. And when it comes to personal experiences, there are certain features that make us
remember some better than others. First, emotion. If you show a person a string of faces, they'll remember
the most emotional ones best. When we have an emotional experience,
our amygdala, the emotional center of the brain,
which sits right next to the hippocampus, actually up-regulates the hippocampus and allows it to form
a more detailed and stronger memory
to increase their score on the verbal GREs from 460 to 520, just by taking
a mindfulness meditation class. Probably because meditation
improves focus and focus improves memory. And when it comes to personal experiences, there are certain features that make us
remember some better than others. First, emotion. If you show a person a string of faces, they'll remember
the most emotional ones best. When we have an emotional experience,
our amygdala, the emotional center of the brain,
which sits right next to the hippocampus, actually up-regulates the hippocampus and allows it to form
a more detailed and stronger memory
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Undergraduates were able
to increase their score on the verbal GREs
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from 460 to 520, just by taking
a mindfulness meditation class.
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Probably because meditation
improves focus and focus improves memory.
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And when it comes to personal experiences,
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there are certain features that make us
remember some better than others.
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First, emotion.
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If you show a person a string of faces,
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they'll remember
the most emotional ones best.
00:00:27.609 --> 00:00:30.571
When we have an emotional experience,
our amygdala,
00:00:30.654 --> 00:00:34.908
the emotional center of the brain,
which sits right next to the hippocampus,
00:00:35.242 --> 00:00:37.494
actually up-regulates the hippocampus
00:00:37.828 --> 00:00:42.583
and allows it to form
a more detailed and stronger memory.
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