Sleep Helps Us Predict Regular Sequences of Events
A new study reports sleeps help improve learning performance in predictable processes.... Read More...
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Life is Like a Box of Hippocampal Scenes
A new neuroimaging study of people watching the movie Forrest Gump reveals the hippocampus is sensitive to meaningful units of experience, rather than perceptual cues.... Read More...
What Helps Form Long Term Memory Also Drives ALS
Researchers reveal a small region of Ataxin-2, a protein implicated in long term memory, may drive the progression of ALS. ... Read More...
Deep Space Radiation Treatment Reboots Brain’s Immune System
Researchers report a new 'anti-radiation' medication can help protect astronauts' brains from the cosmic radiation of deep space. ... Read More...
Researchers ‘Transfer’ a Memory
A new study reports researchers have successfully generated an artificial memory by injecting a sea snail with the RNA from another. Researchers say this approach could lead to new treatments to restore memory and alter traumatic memories in humans.... Read More...
Parkinson’s Disease and Binge Eating
A new study sheds light on why some people with Parkinson's disease binge eat. Researchers report working memory impairment and alterations in reward sensitivity could be behind why binge eating can be problematic in those with Parkinson's.... Read More...
Long-Lasting Brain Proteins Offer Clues to How Memories Last a Lifetime
Researcher report long-lasting proteins in the brain could be a crucial part of the molecular machinery that helps govern long term memory and learning.... Read More...
Nicotinic Receptor and Long-Term Memory Study Paves Way for Targeted Dementia Therapy
Researchers report alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors enhance communication between the hippocampus and frontal cortex, where as a4b7 nicotinic receptors decrease the communication. The findings may have implications for the way stimulation of acetylcholine can be used to treat dementia.... Read More...
Trauma and Dementia Patients Given Hope By ‘Flashbulb Memory’ Breakthrough
Researchers have identified a molecule that appears to play a vital role in long term memory formation. ... Read More...
How the Brain Selectively Remembers New Places
MIT researchers have identified a brain network that allows the brain to record memories of new places.... Read More...
How Odors Are Turned into Long Term Memories
A new study reveals the piriform cortex is able to archive long term memory, but requires instruction from the orbiotfrontal cortex to indicate the event is to be stored as a long-term memory.... Read More...
Segmentation and Consolidation Mechanism of Long Term Memories Identified
IDIBELL researchers have discovered a mechanism that allows us to segment experiences into memory units. Rapidly reactivating memories can lead to long term memory consolidation, they note.... Read More...