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Women’s Nike Air Pegasus 26 + (Club/Purple-Lilac-Metallic/Silver-White-Anthracite)

April 18, 2010

Women’s Nike Air Pegasus 26

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L.A claims for return of stolen inheritance

April 16, 2010

In the event, which discussed proposals to change the UNESCO convention on the recovery of stolen goods illicitly, participates
Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, Honduras, Ecuador, Guatemala, Chile and Spain
A score of countries with powerful archaeological legacies, including several American, discussed at a conference opened in Cairo how to protect and retrieve their stolen heritage.

“We want to get together and work together to identify and regain our stolen inheritance,” said the secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Zahi Hawas, the startup of the First International Conference on Cooperation for the security and restoration of cultural inheritance.
The event, which will be discussed tomorrow proposals to change the UNESCO convention on the recovery of stolen goods illegally, with the participation of Spain, Peru, Guatemala, Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile and Honduras.

Also participating nations like
China, India, Cyprus, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Syria, Sri Lanka, Libya and USA.

Hawas said that the cooperation with scientific institutions and museums around the world is needed to regain the stolen goods and fighting archaeological robbery.
“If museums resist to buy stolen goods, trade can stop,” Hawas said that Egypt has explained that although recovery agreements with “95 percent of world museums, there are still 5 per cent” who have not subscribed .

The Nile nation eight years ago launched a campaign through which recovered about 5 thousand archaeological pieces that had left the nation illegally.

However, still litigating for the return of as many parts as the Rosetta Stone or the bust of Nefertiti, presently exhibited in museums in Berlin and London respectively.
Hawas again demanded the return of these works, and also used to highlight the “excellent cooperation” with countries like Switzerland or Spain.

Besides Egypt, the other participating countries will publish tomorrow a list of items considered were illicitly removed and whose refund claim to various international institutions.

In the case of Peru, its ambassador to Egypt, Liliana Chinese, said that his country be included in the final document the request for restitution of a collection of pieces from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, Peru.

“These pieces were transferred temporarily to the University of Yale (USA) and now this institution declines to return them,” said Chino.

In addition, they request more than 100 textiles belonging to the pre-Inca Paracas culture, found in Gothenburg (Sweden), and the treasure of 500 thousand pieces of silver and gold coins minted in Peru rescued from the bottom of the Odyssey by the company in March and whose return to Spain last year issued U.S. justice.

“Last year alone recover thousands of stolen items and we struggled, but Peru is a country with so much material that is very difficult to control,” said Chino.

Also noted the need to reform the UNESCO Convention of 1970 which prohibits the illegal trade in cultural property.

For the archaeologist and deputy minister of Culture and Sports of Guatemala, Hector Escobedo, are needed “more international agreements to prevent the entry into other countries of parts removed illegally.”

“Guatemala is looking for to retrieve some of the monuments from Piedras Negras, one of the most important Maya sites, and a wooden lintels chicozapote who left the country in the nineteenth century and is on exhibit in Switzerland,” said Escobedo.

For his part, Ambassador of Ecuador in Egypt, Edwin Johnson, complained that his country “part of the list of those who suffered the plundering”, especially pre-Columbian inheritance and colonial art from Quito, which was developed during the century XVII.

100`s of works, according to Johnson, they were taken lawlessly from temples, churches and even museum premises, therefore urged to strengthen border controls.

The thieving of altarpieces of churches located in rural areas is also a “recurring problem in Bolivia, according to the charge d’affaires of Bulgaria in Egypt, Raul Pals.

In the case of Spain, Jesus Manal, deputy manager of the Historical Heritage Security of the Spanish Ministry of Culture, explicated that its action is concentrated on fighting the depredations, robberies in rural areas and control traffic of archaeological artifacts.

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Mexico: a growing controversy up an interview with drug kingpin

April 13, 2010

The Mexican magazine publisher Proceso, which published an interview with a leader of the Sinaloa cartel, said the distribution of the specimens was hampered by intimidation in the state of the country’s northwest.

A spokeswoman for the magazine publisher said about all copies of the interview with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was purchased by two men.

The interview had generated much controversy.

Process, one of the leading news magazines of Mexico, said the huge purchase was intended to prevent the Sinaloa population had access to copies.
“Political connections”

Margarita Carreon, head of sales process, said the local distributor of the magazine was addressed on Sunday by two men who bought more than 1,700 individuals who had not yet made the point of sale.

Carreon told El Noticiero News he considered the main cause for bullying was not the story of “El Mayo”, but an article accompanying the publication in which it was linked to drug kingpin with a local politician in Sinaloa.

The interview came as a surprise in Mexico, because the press rarely has access to the leaders of drug cartels.

In the story, Zambada spoke of his fear of being captured by authorities and criticized the government’s strategy to take on drug-related fury that has left over 18,000 dead since 2006.

He also said he frequently talks on the telephone with the top leader of the poster and Mexico’s most wanted man, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
“Scoop or Scandal?
Mexican Soldier

The interview, conducted at an undisclosed location, was conducted by veteran Mexican journalist Julio Scherer Garcia, who has been criticized by some for providing a platform to speak Zambada.

Others believe that the scoop is one of the huge journalistic achievements of recent times in Mexico.

In any case, many think that the obvious intimidation in Sinaloa is a stark reminder of the pressure on the press in the areas most affected by violence related to drug trafficking.

And above all, so the disputation about the interview appears to confirm is that Mexico, including the media, is still learning to accept his main problem with the drug cartels.

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United States: claim for inspection of Internet privacy laws

April 7, 2010

Technology parties and privacy groups in the U.S. have called for a inspection of Internet privacy laws because they say the government has too much admission to private data online.
Google, eBay, Microsoft, Intel, AT & T, among others, launched the coalition of the Due Process Digital (Digital Due Process) that seeks to update the Privacy Act 1986, passed before the explosion of Internet use.
The coalition calls for court orders issued before the e-mails and text messages are delivered to the competent authorities.
The idea is to protect more data and information stored online tracking of mobile phones, said Maggie Shiels, Technology reporter.
A law of another era
The alliance looks for to rewrite the Privacy Act Electronic Communications (ECPA, for its acronym in English), 1986 – which establishes what type of digital private info the government can access and how you can get.
“Not surprisingly, a law written in 1986 has not provided protection to the privacy you need 25 years later,” said Richard Salgado, senior counsel for Google for information security.
The coalition, which includes more than 30 fellow members from the world of diligence, privacy and the academy, noted that the ECPA is a “confusing patchwork of rules that have been seen in contradictory ways by the courts.”
For example, the offices of law enforcement can access exclusive info from emails, instant messages and other data stored online through simple citations, not guaranteed by a court order.
The coalition recommends the establishment of an order before the internet providers deliver the information online, as is required for a physical search of a suspect’s computer.
Need to similar security before the cell phone companies to deliver tracking information of their customers.
It also seeks to ensure that the courts any real-time information such as text and instant messaging-is relevant to an investigation.
“The law has made clear that the same rule implements to emails and documents stored with a service provider, while at the same time flexible enough to meet the needs of law enforcement,” said Jim Dempsey, the Center for Democracy and Technology.
Negotiation
Alliance fellow members said they already had speaks with the White House, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, for its acronym in English) and the Departments of Justice and Commerce.
They recognized that it was potential that the authorities charged with enforcing the law to resist any change and that certainly would be a long argument before the Congress to act.
“We’re not waiting to be enacted this year, but it’s time to start the talks,” said Dempsey.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he planned to hold audiences on “much-needed upgrades” to the law of privacy.

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Hadron Collider experimentation starts looking for the Big Bang

April 3, 2010

Scientists working on the Huge Hadron Collider (LHC, by its initials in English), almost ambitious physics experiment in earth, started on Tuesday a test that seeks to revive the conditions of beginning of the universe after the Big-Bang-and determine new aspects of its intrinsic nature

The research workers confirmed the clash of 2 beams of subatomic particles at a rate slightly below that of light. The hit energy generated a record seven trillion volts.

The experiment tries to discover hints to some of the big questions that still have no answer in particle physics.

The LHC, wich construction price was U.S. $ 9,000 million, eventually started to get results 18 months after their operation then, getting suffered some breaking.

The experiment of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN for its French acronym) was retarded several hours due to a problem with the beams.

In search of the Higgs boson

During the experiment, scientists will look for signs of the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle also called the “God particle” that is crucial for the current understanding of physics. The theory is that it provides mass to everything in the universe.

Although it is anticipated their existence, scientists have never seen, said Matt McGrath, science specialist for El Noticiero, from Geneva.

In this Swiss city, in a circular tunnel 27 km long, 100 meters beneath the Franco-Swiss border, is the LHC.

McGrath explains that researchers have been working on raising the energy contained in small bundles running through the tunnel 11,000 times per second.

The plan is to cross the beams at several points in the circuit to create collisions with record amounts of energy.

Years of analysis

Guido Tonelli, spokesman for the scientists working in one of the sensing elements that will follow the results of subatomic particles, said “the business of small beams of particles collide at high energies is not easy.”

“Getting match has been likened to throwing needles through the Atlantic Ocean and make collide halfway. The researchers promise will happen. And it might shed light on some very deep and difficult questions of physics,” adds .

The LHC, Tonelli says, “can finally begin to shed light on these results, but do not expect fast answers. The vast quantities of data generated by the colliding beam takes years of analysis before drawing final conclusions.

Known as “God’s machine”, the greatest particle accelerator in the world had tripled in March, the most intense energy ever achieved. This occurred during the preparations for the current experiment in research of the secrets of the universe.

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Global warming dispute resolved

March 25, 2010
A little island in the Bay of Bengal, who for ages cost the matter of a regional challenge between India and Bangladesh, vanished below the waves, say Indian scientists.
The solitary soil southern of the river Hariabhanga was known to Indians as New Moore Island, while the Bangladeshis Talpatti shouted South Island.
Recent satellite images display that the completely island is below water, according to the School of Oceanographic Studies in Calcutta.
Scientists add that other nearby islands could as well melt as the growing sea level.
Swallowed by the sea
The Noticiero correspondent in New Delhi, Mick Me reports that there was never a lasting settlement on the island now defunct, which-even in its heyday, was never more than two meters above sea level.
In the past, even so, the regional dispute led to the dispatch of Indian Naval Forces ships and the temporal deployment of a contingent of Border Protection Forces of that nation.
“What these two countries could not accomplish after years of negotiations has been cleared by global warming,” said Prof Sugata Hazra, School of Oceanographic Studies of Jadavpur University in Calcutta.
Whoever wishes to travel to her now, he said, need to decide what to do in a submarine.
Professor Hazra said that their studies indicate that water levels in this part of the Bay of Bengal have risen much quicker in the last decade than they had in the previous 15 years.
He forecasts that within the next decade other islands in the Sundarbans delta area will continue to New Moore, or Talpatti South, beneath the waves.
“We will increasingly displaced persons in the Sunderbans as more surface is submerged islands,” the scientist.
As Well in Mexico
A similar case happened with an island in the Gulf of Mexico that is described in cartographic written documents of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Red Island is viewed in different maps of the time, though not always in the same place, and in later hundreds there have been several sightings.
The island could change the limits of the regional waters of Mexico in an region rich in oil.
However, never been able to make the exact position of the island, or confirm their existence and, if in fact existed, as was that disappeared.
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Hillary Clinton acknowledges responsibilities in Mexico

March 24, 2010
Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa, Secretary of State and U.S., Hillary Clinton, on Tuesday reaffirmed the shared out responsibility of their countries in battling the organized crime and drug trafficking, after the festivity in Mexico Metropolis for a gathering of Advanced Level Group of the Merida Initiatory.
Hillary Clinton pronounced in a joint conference with her Mexican counterpart that her nation assumes responsibility for its part in the drug war and recognized that the demand for drugs in the United States and illicit trafficking of weapons fire violence of the cartels in Mexico.
“We know the demand for drugs and arms purchases made to facilitate the violence in Mexico,” said Hillary.
The U.S. Secretary of State also told that her nation backups “strongly bold campaign launched by Mexican President Felipe Calderón, in the war against drug traffickers, and recognise the sacrifice of the men and women of the armed forces and police forces.
She also thanked the support of Mexico after ten days ago killing three people, including two U.S. nationals-linked to the United States consulate in Ciudad Juarez.
“Our hearts are broken by the murders in Juarez,” said Clinton, adding: “The posters are bringing the fight to civil society and it threatens economic development.
Clinton traveled to Mexico accompanied by a group of security officers senior administration of Barack Obama, among which are the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano.

Hillary Clinton acknowledges responsibilities in Mexico
Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa, Secretary of State and U.S., Hillary Clinton, on Tuesday reaffirmed the shared out responsibility of their countries in battling the organized crime and drug trafficking, after the festivity in Mexico Metropolis for a gathering of Advanced Level Group of the Merida Initiatory.Hillary Clinton pronounced in a joint conference with her Mexican counterpart that her nation assumes responsibility for its part in the drug war and recognized that the demand for drugs in the United States and illicit trafficking of weapons fire violence of the cartels in Mexico.”We know the demand for drugs and arms purchases made to facilitate the violence in Mexico,” said Hillary.
The U.S. Secretary of State also told that her nation backups “strongly bold campaign launched by Mexican President Felipe Calderón, in the war against drug traffickers, and recognise the sacrifice of the men and women of the armed forces and police forces.She also thanked the support of Mexico after ten days ago killing three people, including two U.S. nationals-linked to the United States consulate in Ciudad Juarez.”Our hearts are broken by the murders in Juarez,” said Clinton, adding: “The posters are bringing the fight to civil society and it threatens economic development.Clinton traveled to Mexico accompanied by a group of security officers senior administration of Barack Obama, among which are the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano.

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They create “mantle” of invisibility in three-dimensions

March 22, 2010
Scientists create the first device to make an invisible object in 3-D.The “mantle”, whose details are published in the journal Science, can hide an object using light with a wavelength close to that of light visible to humans.The aircraft had been previously developed to hide objects of light traveling in the same direction, but from any other angle the object remained visible to humans.Now managed to make the invisible object in three dimensionsAs scientists express Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, this is an initial but important step  toward true invisibility cloaks.According to the Noticiero said Professor Tolga Ergin, who led the study, the mantle is based on the concept that it is possible to “convert” the space with a material.Profesor Tolga Ergin and his team designed a photonic metamaterial that can influence the behavior of light rays.”You can think of any type of processing you want to perform and create a material that simulates the transformation,” explains the scientist.The base design was proposed by Professor John Pendry of Imperial College London, who also participated in the study.”He proposed the theoretical design of an object hidden behind a package and have that lump go away,” explains Professor Ergin.”It’s like a carpet in a mirror. When you hide an object under a package and it appears in the mirror and see a distortion in the reflected image,” he says.”If we put the mantle on the lump it does bend light so that the distortion disappears. And you have the impression that you are seeing is a mirror plane,” he adds.Bypass lightThe strategy, he adds the scientist, is to change the speed and direction in which light travels through the material, or change the refractive index of the material.The researchers managed to do this using a polymer made of tiny glass rods.”By changing the thickness of the rods can be changed by the air ratio polymer” explains Dr. Ergin.

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Clinton Israel must “show their commitment” to peace process

March 17, 2010
Hillary Clinton, said United States and Israel is unbreakable ties yet, despite the friction arising from the issue of Jewish settlements. However, he noted that both Israel and the Palestinians must show their commitment to the peace process.
Last week, United States vice president, Joe Biden, has condemned an Israeli plan to build more houses in the settlements, the government announcement of Joe Biden as Benjamin Netanyahu visited the country.
The issue raised tensions in Jerusalem, where on Tuesday there were violent clashes between Palestin and the Israeli police.
The Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said that among nations always had disagreements and, in the case of Israel and the U.S. had already expressed their displeasure.
“We do not agree at all with any of our international partners. And with respect to the announcement that was made when Vice President Biden was there in Jerusalem we expressed our dismay and disappointment”.
Demands to Israel
The Middle East special envoy for the U.S. , George Mitchell, postponed his visit to the region Tuesday as part of the growing tensions between Washington and the government of Israel on Jewish settlements.
Mitchell had agreed a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres to discuss issues related to peace talks with the Palestinians.
Clinton said that Senator Mitchell would return to the region.
“We are committed to achieving a two state solution … That’s the goal. But I think we’ll see what happens in the coming days, and we are very interested in Senator Mitchell’s return to the region and the proximity talks begin .
The Noticiero correspondent in Jerusalem, Petter Sams, says the United States has expressed confidence that the indirect talks between Palestinians and Israelis are carried out.
However, before George Mitchell appears, United States wants to hear Israel’s formal response to a series of demands put to him last Friday.
Sign in these is the cancellation of plans to build 1.600 new homes in disputed territory in East Jerusalem.
For his part, Netanyahu has rejected the imposition of limits on the expansion of settlements, saying his government has every right to build in those areas.
Between a Rock and a Hard
The Noticiero correspondent says that Israeli Prime Minister is caught between a rock and a hard place.
If Netanyahu gives budge, would face the right wing of his government and his credibility would be questioned. But if they make concessions, it would be very hard to see how the peace talks, backed by U.S. power and prestige-can take place.
The lack of progress in negotiations is a factor that has ignited the feeling in the Palestinian villages, one is called by some officials that the people defending the Haram al-Sharif or Temple Mount.
On Tuesday, hundreds of them clashed with Israeli police in East Jerusalem in protest against the new Jewish settlements and the reopening of a synagogue.
Palestinians threw stones and burned tires in the mean time police responded with stun grenades as the disturbances spread to different parts.
“Day of Wrath”
Violence flared in several areas, including
Silwan, Wadi al-Juozas, al-Eisaweyah,Qalandia, Shu’fat refugee camp , Ras al-Amud and near the al-Aqsa mosque.
Israeli police reported that 3,000 troops had been deployed throughout the city to control the situation.
The reopening of the synagogue, which according Hurva was destroyed in the Israeli bombing of the Jordanian forces for more than six decades, has also inflamed tensions
The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Tuesday a “day of rage” against the measure.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Fatah movement of President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, declared: “The synagogue will be the prelude to violence and extremist religious fanaticism.”

Hillary Clinton, said United States and Israel is unbreakable ties yet, despite the friction arising from the issue of Jewish settlements. However, he noted that both Israel and the Palestinians must show their commitment to the peace process.
Last week, United States vice president, Joe Biden, has condemned an Israeli plan to build more houses in the settlements, the government announcement of Joe Biden as Benjamin Netanyahu visited the country.
The issue raised tensions in Jerusalem, where on Tuesday there were violent clashes between Palestin and the Israeli police.
The Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said that among nations always had disagreements and, in the case of Israel and the U.S. had already expressed their displeasure.
“We do not agree at all with any of our international partners. And with respect to the announcement that was made when Vice President Biden was there in Jerusalem we expressed our dismay and disappointment”.
Demands to Israel
The Middle East special envoy for the U.S. , George Mitchell, postponed his visit to the region Tuesday as part of the growing tensions between Washington and the government of Israel on Jewish settlements.
Mitchell had agreed a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres to discuss issues related to peace talks with the Palestinians.
Clinton said that Senator Mitchell would return to the region.
“We are committed to achieving a two state solution … That’s the goal. But I think we’ll see what happens in the coming days, and we are very interested in Senator Mitchell’s return to the region and the proximity talks begin .
The Noticiero correspondent in Jerusalem, Petter Sams, says the United States has expressed confidence that the indirect talks between Palestinians and Israelis are carried out.
However, before George Mitchell appears, United States wants to hear Israel’s formal response to a series of demands put to him last Friday.
Sign in these is the cancellation of plans to build 1.600 new homes in disputed territory in East Jerusalem.
For his part, Netanyahu has rejected the imposition of limits on the expansion of settlements, saying his government has every right to build in those areas.
Between a Rock and a Hard
The Noticiero correspondent says that Israeli Prime Minister is caught between a rock and a hard place.
If Netanyahu gives budge, would face the right wing of his government and his credibility would be questioned. But if they make concessions, it would be very hard to see how the peace talks, backed by U.S. power and prestige-can take place.
The lack of progress in negotiations is a factor that has ignited the feeling in the Palestinian villages, one is called by some officials that the people defending the Haram al-Sharif or Temple Mount.
On Tuesday, hundreds of them clashed with Israeli police in East Jerusalem in protest against the new Jewish settlements and the reopening of a synagogue.
Palestinians threw stones and burned tires in the mean time police responded with stun grenades as the disturbances spread to different parts.
“Day of Wrath”
Violence flared in several areas, including
Silwan, Wadi al-Juozas, al-Eisaweyah,Qalandia, Shu’fat refugee camp , Ras al-Amud and near the al-Aqsa mosque.
Israeli police reported that 3,000 troops had been deployed throughout the city to control the situation.
The reopening of the synagogue, which according Hurva was destroyed in the Israeli bombing of the Jordanian forces for more than six decades, has also inflamed tensions
The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Tuesday a “day of rage” against the measure.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Fatah movement of President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, declared: “The synagogue will be the prelude to violence and extremist religious fanaticism.”

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Technique that allows “read” thoughts

March 12, 2010
British scientists say they managed to “read” the thoughts of healthy volunteers using a brain scan.
Researchers at the University of London showed participants several short films and later were able to predict which of them were thinking the volunteers.
The study, published in the journal Current Biology, offers new information on how memories are recorded.
And we are getting closer, say experts, to create some sort of device to detect that a person is thinking by watching his patterns of brain activity.
For long term research also could help develop treatments for memory loss, say the authors.
Studies in the past had shown that brain scans can predict simple thought processes as distinguishing between colors, objects or places.
But remember past events is a more complex process, researchers say.
More complex
With brain scans scientists at the University of London and had managed to tell where a person was located in a virtual reality room.
The new study was based on that finding, but went much further. The scientists analyzed what is called episodic memory.
“In our previous experiment were analyzing basic memories, as the location of a person in an environment,” explains Dr. Eleanor Maguire, of the Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging, University of London, who led the study.
“But it’s much more interesting to analyze the” episodic memory “, memory processes that are far more complex experiences people including information on where we were, what we were doing and how we felt about it,” he adds.
In the experiment the researchers asked 10 volunteers they looked three short films of people engaged in activities of daily living, such as depositing a letter in the mail or littering in a basket.

Technique that allows “read” thoughtsBritish scientists say they managed to “read” the thoughts of healthy volunteers using a brain scan.
Researchers at the University of London showed participants several short films and later were able to predict which of them were thinking the volunteers.
The study, published in the journal Current Biology, offers new information on how memories are recorded.
And we are getting closer, say experts, to create some sort of device to detect that a person is thinking by watching his patterns of brain activity.
For long term research also could help develop treatments for memory loss, say the authors.
Studies in the past had shown that brain scans can predict simple thought processes as distinguishing between colors, objects or places.
But remember past events is a more complex process, researchers say.More complex
With brain scans scientists at the University of London and had managed to tell where a person was located in a virtual reality room.
The new study was based on that finding, but went much further. The scientists analyzed what is called episodic memory.
“In our previous experiment were analyzing basic memories, as the location of a person in an environment,” explains Dr. Eleanor Maguire, of the Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging, University of London, who led the study.
“But it’s much more interesting to analyze the” episodic memory “, memory processes that are far more complex experiences people including information on where we were, what we were doing and how we felt about it,” he adds.
In the experiment the researchers asked 10 volunteers they looked three short films of people engaged in activities of daily living, such as depositing a letter in the mail or littering in a basket.

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