Two Seemingly Opposing Forces in the Brain Cooperate to Enhance Memory Formation
Researchers say homeostatic synaptic plasticity facilitates Hebbian plasticity, influencing memory formation and learning.... Read More...
Hebbian learning
The Brain Learns Completely Differently than We’ve Assumed Since the 20th Century
A new study challenges long held beliefs about how learning occurs. Researchers suggest learning occurs in dendrites that are in closer proximity to neurons, as opposed to occurring solely in synapses. ... Read More...
Can’t Get an Image Out of Your Head? Your Eyes Are Helping to Keep it There
A new study reveals the brain utilizes eye movements to help recall vivid memories of past experiences.... Read More...
A New Learning Rule for Memory Formation and Storage Revealed
A new study questions traditional views of how memories are formed and stored in the brain. Additionally, researchers propose a new mechanism for learning.... Read More...
New Model for the Origin of Grid Cells
A new study theorizes the development of grid cells depends upon the synaptic input from place cells.... Read More...
New Clues to How Memories Form in the Brain
A study recently published in Neuron may provide new insights into how memory forms in the brain. Researchers discovered acquired olfactory memory is associated with synaptic long term potentiation, which can last for at least two weeks.... Read More...
How The Brain Recognizes Faces
A new machine learning system can help shed light on how the human brain recognizes faces.... Read More...
Researchers Reprogram Network of Brain Cells in Mice With Thin Beam of Light
A new optogenetics study adds support for brain plasticity.... Read More...
New Learning Rule For Pattern Completion
Researchers have discovered a new learning rule for a specific type of excitatory synaptic connection in the hippocampus.... Read More...
The Power of Two: Neural Cliques Provide a Prewired Framework For How Neurons Connect
Researcher proposes a Theory of Connectivity which suggests neural cliques provide a basic framework for how neurons connect and function.... Read More...
New Math Model Shows How Neural Networks Create Memories
Researchers develop a new mathematical model to help better understand how the brain forms, and loses, memories.... Read More...
Learning Without Conflict
Researchers have developed a mathematical equation which explains how equilibrium is achieved by two forms of synaptic plasticity during learning.... Read More...