THIS is one of a series of publications covering the whole field of Nuclear Imaging. The format of the book is logical, with information regarding pharmaceuticals, anatomy and normal variants being presented initially, followed by a comprehensive outline of pathological lesions affecting the skeletal system. A considerable number of the cases presented show correlative X-rays and, although thes...

As critical as waking brain function is to learning and memory, an established literature now describes an equally important yet complementary role for sleep in information processing. This overview examines the specific contribution of sleep to human hippocampal memory processing; both the detriments caused by a lack of sleep, and conversely, the proactive benefits that develop following the p...

Anumber of midwifery programmes that I have been involved with offer an interesting session, early on in the course, in which students undertake one or more exercises designed to help them identify their individual learning style and/or preferred ways of knowing. In theory, this enables the future midwife to gain knowledge of their personal idiosyncrasies and learning preferences, which can be ...

Body Mnemonics is an interface design concept for portable devices that uses the body space of the user as an interface. In this system, information can be stored and subsequently accessed by moving a device to different locations around one’s body. The system is designed to ease cognitive load by relying on our proprioceptive sense and the use of the body image of the user as a mnemonic frame ...

Mnemonic techniques have been studied by educational in detail during the last decades. It is widely acknowledged educationist that any activity has elements of interest as well and enthuses students. Most secondary senior school teachers teach through lecture. Even science taught lecture which does not give justice to it because essentially a process driven discipline. The study aims at develo...

Research has consistently indicated that the use of mnemonic devices substantially enhances higher levels of retention in immediate recall of second language vocabulary words in comparison with other learning strategies. However, the evidence does not explain why the immediate benefits of mnemonic devices fail to extend to long-term retention. In addition, research on mnemonics has drawn mostly...

The intrinsic factors such as the visual constraints, extrinsic such as biomechanics, interface such as the support: the writing, the linguistics, the typography, the sense of progress of the language, have their impact on the habit, and the fittest and particularly the efficiency in reading. We suspect that circuits and zones involved in horizontal orientation “right to the left” are not the s...

Strong links between music and motor functions suggest that music could represent an interesting aid for motor learning. The present study aims for the first time to test the potential of music to assist in the learning of sequences of gestures in normal and pathological aging. Participants with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) and healthy older adults (controls) learned sequences of meaningless g...