Neuroscientists from Duke University Medical Center have discovered that older people use their brains differently than younger people when it comes to storing memories, particularly those associated with negative emotions. The study, appearing online in the January issue of Psychological Science, is a novel look at how brain connections change with age. Older adults, average age 70, and younger adults, average age 24, were shown a series of 30 photographs while their brains were imaged in a functional MRI (fMRI) machine. Some of the photos were neutral in nature and others had strong negative content such as attacking snakes, mutilated bodies and violent acts. While in the fMRI machine, the subjects looked at the photos and ranked them on a pleasantness scale. Then they completed an unexpected recall task following the fMRI scan to determine whether the brain activity that occurred while looking at the pictures could predict later memory. The results were sorted according to the numbers of negative and neutral pictures that were remembered or missed by each group. The scientists found that older adults have less connectivity between an area of the brain that generates emotions and a region involved in memory and learning. But they also found that the older adults have stronger connections with the frontal cortex, the higher thinking area of the brain that controls these lower-order parts of the brain.

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Date: 2008-12-21

Clips ; photos mostly from the first few weeks, but a few old ones too. Enjoy.

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Date: 2008-10-30

An exaggeration of my life. Watch in High Quality.

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Date: 2008-11-25

NATO Program, re-building KabulUniversity

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Date: 2008-09-07

Former British prime minister Tony Blair discusses America's place in the world at Yale University's Woolsey Hall with University President Richard Levin.

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Date: 2008-09-22

University of Minnesota Golden Gopher TCF Bank football stadium can be seen up close and personal in the form of an awesome virtual tour. View more University of Minnesota videos at: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/urelate/multimedia/

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Date: 2008-09-06

We talk to students about keeping secrets

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Date: 2008-10-08

Video blogger Documentally talks to Sam Dick about The Open University library and how it's so much more than just a building. http://www.open.ac.uk/platform http://library.open.ac.uk/

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Date: 2008-10-29

Academy of Art University at New York Fashion Week, Spring 2009 Collections

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Date: 2008-10-30

The New Generation Arts Festival (NGA) champions the independent cause of showcasing the brightest emerging graduate talent in the arts world today. Organised by Birmingham City University, the festival is a 16 day programme of innovative regional art shows held between 5th-20th June in Birmingham UK.

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Date: 2008-09-22

OpenLearn is an Open University project which makes educational material available for free under a Creative COmmons licence. Visit http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php for more information.

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Date: 2008-10-29

a film student made commercial for directing comedy class.

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Date: 2008-12-01

Find out how this works at: http://www.open2.net/healtheducation/body_mind/magic-of-misdirection.html How much of what we see (or don't see) is a result of our attention? What's the most surprising thing you can hide in a scene? Post a video comment and show us. Check out psychology courses at the OU http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/psychology/index.html

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Date: 2008-10-29

A new and improved version of our TV advert, going out in September 08. For more info on the advert, a schedule of when it will air and info on the actor - Paul from our own School of Acting! - then go to the dedicated microsite at www.bcu.ac.uk/tv

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Date: 2008-09-06

A brief introduction to The Open University course, 'The Arts Past ; Present (AA100)'. http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01AA100 http://www.open.ac.uk/use -

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Date: 2008-10-29

The Working in Partnership videos tell the stories of organisations (such as voluntary and community organisations, social care agencies and schools) who partner with The Open University and the stories of the students who they work with. The videos were developed to share good practice in The Open University's Widening Participation Programme. For more information see: http://www.open.ac.uk/widening-participation/ http://www.open.ac.uk/use -

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Date: 2008-10-29

Your View is a series of video blogs created by staff and students at The Open University. In Your View: The OU and recent graduates entered a video booth to talk about their experience of graduating. In this video three graduates who met in their first year talk about surviving study together. For more on studying with the OU try: http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/ http://www.open.ac.uk/use -

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Date: 2008-10-29

Your View is a series of video blogs created by staff and students at The Open University. In Your View: The OU and recent graduates entered a video booth to talk about their experience of graduating. In this video two recent graduates, both called Kerry, celebrate the success of graduating. Cheers girls. For more on studying with the OU try: http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/ http://www.open.ac.uk/use -

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Date: 2008-10-29

In this experiment, Jim tries to save on postage costs using his basic knowledge of physics to make his parcel lighter. Watch what happens in the clip. Post a comment giving your explanation for this. What would you do differently? For more information on this experiment see: http://www.open2.net/sciencetechnologynature/worldaroundus/chooper-in-a-box.html Check out Science courses at The Open University at: http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/science/index.htm http://www.open.ac.uk/use -

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Date: 2008-10-29

A student's video diary of life as a recent graduate of the University of Plymouth

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Date: 2008-09-06