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·October 15, 2025·6 min read

Astrocytes, Not Neurons, Hold the Key to Emotional Memory

New research reveals that astrocytes — not neurons — are responsible for stabilizing emotional memories by re-engaging during recall. After an emotionally intense event, such as fear, specific astrocytes become biologically tagged with adrenoreceptors, making them responsive when the memory is later reactivated.

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·October 9, 2025·6 min read

Childlike Face Illusion Helps Adults Recall Forgotten Memories

A groundbreaking study has found that adults can recall more detailed childhood memories after briefly perceiving themselves with a childlike version of their own face. Using a virtual “enfacement illusion,” participants saw a live, altered image of their face resembling how they looked as children, creating a temporary sense of embodying their younger selves.

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·October 7, 2025·7 min read

What You Choose to Remember Shapes Memory More Than Emotion

A new study reveals that intentional memory control—deciding what to remember or forget—is more powerful than emotional influence when forming long-term memories. Participants were more likely to recall words they were told to remember than those carrying emotional weight, even though emotion sometimes strengthened recall or caused false memories.

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·October 5, 2025·8 min read

Do You Get Déjà Vu? Memory Glitches Make Time Feel Repeated

Déjà vu—the eerie feeling that a new moment has happened before—has puzzled scientists and philosophers for centuries. Neuroscientists now believe it’s a normal brain glitch tied to how memory and perception interact.

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·October 5, 2025·6 min read

How Growing Up Changes the Way We Hear, and Feel, Music

Our music preferences evolve across life — from youthful exploration to nostalgic reflection. A large-scale analysis of 40,000 users’ streaming data over 15 years revealed that young listeners engage broadly with new and popular music, while adults settle into more personal and emotionally rooted tastes.

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·October 3, 2025·9 min read

How the Brain’s GPS System Falters With Age

Spatial memory — the ability to recall “where” — is one of the first cognitive skills to decline in aging and a hallmark of dementia. Researchers found that in older mice, grid cells in the medial entorhinal cortex, which act like the brain’s GPS, became unstable and less precise.

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·September 24, 2025·6 min read

Emotional Events Rescue Weak Memories, Making Them Last Longer

A new study reveals that emotionally charged or surprising events can retroactively and proactively rescue weak memories, ensuring they persist. The brain doesn’t just preserve the striking moment itself, but also mundane experiences connected to it, depending on timing and similarity.

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·September 24, 2025·5 min read

Positive Memories Boost Musicians’ Performance by Reframing Stress

A new study reveals that recalling positive memories before stepping on stage can significantly boost musicians’ performance. Professional wind instrumentalists who reflected on positive experiences showed higher nervous system activity, greater emotional positivity, and stronger arousal compared to those recalling negative or no memories.

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·September 19, 2025·5 min read

Eye Movements Reveal Hidden Memories Beyond What People Report

A new study demonstrated that eye movements can serve as a powerful tool for detecting memory, even when people report not remembering. In experiments, participants rewatched animation clips with surprising events, and their gaze naturally shifted toward the spot of the surprise, indicating stored memory.

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·September 16, 2025·5 min read

Brain Balances Rhythms to Switch Between Memory Recall and Novelty

Researchers discovered how the brain flexibly switches communication pathways depending on context, balancing between memory recall and processing new information. The mechanism depends on the interaction of slow (theta) and fast (gamma) rhythms, regulated by distinct inhibitory circuits.

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·September 8, 2025·3 min read

REM Sleep Reactivation Locks Memories in Place

Rare adult-born neurons in the hippocampus are reactivated during REM sleep, locking waking experiences into long-term memory. Using genetically modified mice, they found that these neurons fire in the same patterns during sleep as they did during learning.

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·September 3, 2025·5 min read

How the Brain Extinguishes Fear Memories

Scientists have, for the first time, identified the brain signals linked to extinguishing fear memories in humans. Using implanted electrodes and advanced Representational Similarity Analysis, they showed that theta activity in the amygdala increases when previously unpleasant cues are re-learned as safe.

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Memory

Astrocytes, Not Neurons, Hold the Key to Emotional Memory

Childlike Face Illusion Helps Adults Recall Forgotten Memories

What You Choose to Remember Shapes Memory More Than Emotion

Do You Get Déjà Vu? Memory Glitches Make Time Feel Repeated

How Growing Up Changes the Way We Hear, and Feel, Music

How the Brain’s GPS System Falters With Age

Emotional Events Rescue Weak Memories, Making Them Last Longer

Positive Memories Boost Musicians’ Performance by Reframing Stress

Eye Movements Reveal Hidden Memories Beyond What People Report

Brain Balances Rhythms to Switch Between Memory Recall and Novelty

REM Sleep Reactivation Locks Memories in Place

How the Brain Extinguishes Fear Memories

Hidden Primed Step in Nerve-Muscle Communication Found

Scientists Identify New Gene Behind Hereditary Vision Loss

Child Abuse Leaves Lasting Biological Scars on the Brain and DNA

Gut Fungus Found to Disrupt Brain’s Alcohol Reward Pathway

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