Our brains may ripple before remembering
Coupled ripples between the medial temporal lobe and temporal cortex are enhanced prior to successful memory retrieval. ... Read More...
episodic memory
Your brain may contain ‘time cells’ that help form long-term memories
New findings back up recent hippocampal research in rodents, providing evidence of a common hippocampal neural mechanism representing temporal information in episodic memory.... Read More...
More Than Just Memories: A New Role for the Hippocampus During Learning
A new role for the hippocampus involving pattern separation and conjunctive representation in reinforcement learning is discussed.... Read More...
Tracking the Birth of Memories
Researchers have identified three distinct stages of brain development that occur before an episodic memory can form.... Read More...
Early Development of Memory for Space and Time
Researchers report episodic memory develops in distinct stages during postnatal maturation.... Read More...
Why Two People See the Same Thing But Have Different Memories
Researchers investigate why two people who experience the same event often have different memories of what occurred.... Read More...
Measuring Speed of Mental Replay of Movies Gives Insight into Accessing Memories
Study reports people access fully detailed memories at different speeds and levels of detail, often accessing older information first. Findings could help developing treatments for those with PTSD, researchers say.... Read More...
How Returning to a Prior Context Briefly Heightens Memory Recall
After creating a memory in a context, engram cells encoding the memory in the hippocampus become more excitable when the context is repeated a short time later, researchers report.... Read More...
How the Brain Combines Memories to Solve Problems
Using AI technology, researchers provide new insight into how the human brain connects individual episodic memories to help solve problems.... Read More...
What’s Your First Memory? Did It Ever Really Happen?
What is the earliest memory you can recall? How sure are you the event really happened? Researchers say our earliest memories are more likely to be fictional.... Read More...
How the Brain Experiences Time
Researchers have identified a network of cells in the entorhinal cortex that appear to play a key role into putting experience into a temporal context.... Read More...
How Does Attention Impact False Memory Susceptibility?
A new EEG study reveals people who are less able to sustain their attention long terms are more susceptible to creating false memories.... Read More...