How the Brain Makes New Memories While Preserving the Old
Brain and Body Photo credit: © vlorzor / Fotolia How does the brain preserve memories for years, decades, or even a lifetime? A new mathematical model helps explain the complex biological process....
View ArticleKeys to Learning and Memory Uncovered by Scientists
Brain and Body Photo credit: Pixabay Researchers from Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Duke University, and collaborators have identified a novel signaling system controlling neuronal...
View ArticleThe More You Know About a Topic, The More Likely You Are to Have False...
Brain and Body Photo credit: www.pexels.com False memories are surprisingly common, and new research shows that being interested in a topic can make you twice as likely to recall a false memory about it.
View ArticleWhy Eyewitnesses Give False Evidence – and How We Can Stop Them
Brain and Body Photo credit: www.pexels.com Your memory of an event can be manipulated – and miscarriages of justice can follow.
View ArticleWhat Does it Take to Make a Memory? New Proteins, Study Says
Brain and Body Photo credit: © Sergey Nivens / Fotolia For the first time, scientists have identified a sub-region in the brain that works to form a particular kind of memory: fear-associated with a...
View ArticleThe Things You Remember Best Happened Between Ages 15 and 25 – Here’s Why
Brain and Body Photo credit: www.pexels.com Known as the 'reminiscence bump,' memory scientists are hotly debating what causes it.
View ArticleElderly Discovered With Superior Memory And Alzheimer’s Pathology
Brain and Body Photo credit: Pixabay "We never expected it. It tells us there are some factors that are protecting their brains and memories against the Alzheimer's pathology of plaques and tangles....
View ArticleNew Neuroscience Technique Deletes Specific Fears From the Brain
Brain and Body Photo credit: www.pixabay.com Using artificial intelligence and brain scanning technology, neuroscientists were able to override specific fear memories by reconditioning the brain.
View ArticleYour Dog Remembers What You Did
Nature Photo credit: Ryaniu1234 / Pixabay (CC0) So Rex might be able to imitate your every move...Cell Press
View ArticleNew Quantum States for Better Quantum Memories
Technology Photo credit: Image courtesy of Vienna University of Technology, TU Vienna How can quantum information be stored as long as possible? An important step forward in the development of quantum...
View ArticleFrequent Sex is Positively Linked With a Better Memory in Young Women
Brain and Body Photo credit: www.pexels.com Regular intercourse appears to boost memory function in the hippocampus, new research finds.
View ArticleRhythm of Breathing Affects Memory and Fear
Brain and Body Photo credit: Pixabay Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered for the first time that the rhythm of breathing creates electrical activity in the human brain that enhances...
View ArticleWhy We Become More Forgetful With Age – And What You Can do About it
Brain and Body Photo credit: Pixabay Our memory changes with age, so that we may have a memory slip on a trip to fetch something from the next room, but we’re still able to recall important events from...
View ArticleThe Rhythm That Makes Memories Permanent
Brain and Body Photo credit: IST Austria Scientists identify mechanism that regulates rhythmic brain waves—inhibition at synapses is key to make memories permanent.Institute of Science and Technology...
View ArticleSimple Thinking in a Complex World is a Recipe for Disaster
Humanity Photo credit: Pixabay In an era of post-truth and pseudoscience, what can you do? The Conversation
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