zoomata: a close-up on Italy

www.zoomata.com staff It seems hard to believe, but Italians are taking the new no-smoking law seriously — so seriously that a jeweler is out a watch valued at 29,000 euro ($37,000). A man strolled into a store in Milan’s famous shopping street, Via Montenapoleone, and asked to see a few Rolexes. As he perused the [...]

www.zoomata.com staff If you have ever had trouble putting a name to a face or blanked out during a job interview, you’ve been a momentary victim of memory lapse from lack of context, according to recent research conducted in Italy. “Under normal conditions, when we memorize a piece of information, a fact, a name or [...]