04/06/2014 Newsround

It's Wednesday the 4th of June and you are with Newsround. Good

morning. Why am Ricky with some of this on the way. We take a look at

the brain training exercises helping children to improve their memories,

and why do call bears hug trees? You can find out right here. -- Coelho

bears. First, the Queen will set out what the government wants to

bears. First, the Queen will set out year in a speech at Parliament.

Plants to introduce charges for plastic bands in England. -- posted

backs. The government also wants to increase the amount of money that

older people get when they finish work. It is a big moment for the

government and the grand occasion. The Queen's Speech is always a big

deal at Westminster. Bye-bye traffic, hollow pomp and ceremony.

Effectively it adds up to the government setting out big ideas.

Next up, and you have a revised for a test only to forget everything in

the exam room? Well, researchers say that brain training could be the

answer to help you improve your memory and even do better with

schoolwork. I have been finding out how it works and seeing what is

inside my head. Our brains are incredible but complex organs,

controlling the function of our bodies, storing our learning and

experiences as memories. Nice to meet you. I've got scans of

my brain here. Can you tell us more about the brain and how it works?

This is the front of your brain, where short-term memory is

processed. Short-term memory is the kind of memory used when you are

sitting in the classroom and the teacher is telling you something new

that you have not heard before and you have to learn it. Long-term

memory is protest in the hippocampus, a structure here

responsible for storing all the memories that we keep for all our

lives. We all have different memory abilities. Short-term memory

improves up until the age of 14 and after 30, our abilities begin to

decrease. Scientists say that ring trimming can improve short-term

memory at any age. That brain training. These kids are trying to

improve the brainpower, logged on to a series of laptops with a special

brain training exercise on it. The higher the score, the better their

memory. The programme works by asking you to remember different

types of information, getting harder and harder the longer you train.

Researchers say they have been impressed by the results. We are

seeing that the children work hard on these exercises, we are able to

improve their short-term memories. I can recall instructions easier, and

they know what the teacher has told me and I'll remember it better.

Although there are still lots of things we do not know about the

brain and how memory works, in future, kids across the country

could be taking part in Braintree in classes like this. -- brain training

classes. And for more on this story, go to the newsround website. New

technology that tells bus drivers when a cyclist is nearby is being

tried out on roads in Bristol. There is a radar camera on the left side

of the bus which picks up the cyclists will stop then a computer

recognises that it is definitely a bike and sends a warning to the

driver. It is hoped the technology will reduce the number of cycling

accidents. This is the first test of its kind

on the UK, testing the technology on the streets, in anger, where it is

hoped it will really make a difference.

Researchers found the trunks of large trees are significantly cooler

than the air around them. By hugging them, more tightly on hot days,

koalas can lose heat without panting and losing precious water. At

weddings, everyone puts on their best clothes to look good in the

photos. But the photos went wrong for this couple in Minnesota who had

a nasty surprise when they this happened when they were posing for a

photograph. The bride and groom were soaked. That is it. Tune in at

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