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...
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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...
fMRI Reveals Memory in Sleeping Toddlers
A neuroimaging study of sleeping two year olds reveals how specific brain regions are activated during memory recall.... Read More...
Super-Ager Study Offers Genetic Clues to Performance
Resilient memory performance during aging may be inherited, researchers say. ... Read More...
New Parts of the Brain Become Active After Students Learn Physics
A neuroimaging study reveals brain areas not commonly associated with science learning become active when people complete physics problems.... Read More...
Neuroscientists Find First Evidence Animals Can Mentally Replay Past Events
Indiana University researchers provide evidence that rats are able to mentally replay memories of past events. The study reveals the animals' memories were long lasting and resistant to interference from other memories, both of which are hallmarks of episodic memory, researchers say.... Read More...
How Dopamine Neurons Contribute to Memory Formation in Humans
According to researchers, dopamine neurons may play a key role in the formation of episodic memory. The findings could help in the development of new treatments for neurodegenerative disorders that affect memory.... Read More...
Imagining a Positive Outcome Biases Subsequent Memories
Emotional content matters when it comes to episodic memories, researchers report. Imagining a positive event biases recall to positive details.... Read More...
Older Adults Grow Just As Many New Brain Cells As Young People
A new study reveals older adults can generate just as many new hippocampal neurons from progentior cells as young people. The findings confirm neurogenesis does occur in older individuals.... Read More...
How the Brain Makes Predictions
A new study will examine how the brain learns to make predictions over our lifespan.... Read More...
How Your Brain Remembers What You Had For Dinner Last Night
A small set of hippocampal neurons activate for each episodic memory, a new PNAS study reports.... Read More...