Can traumatic memories be erased?
Environmental light has been shown to affect traumatic long-term memory retention in Drosophila.... Read More...
long-term memory
Memory boost with just one look
Targeted transcranial electrical stimulation during short-wave sleep can boost episodic memory by almost 20%.... Read More...
Long-term memory performance depends upon gating system
Fruit fly study reveals suppression of a genetic switch boosts long-term memory.... Read More...
Food comas and long-term memories: New research points to an appetizing connection
A single insulin-like molecule produces in the nervous system of the marine mollusk Aplysia californica strengthens connections between neurons, enhancing long term memory.... Read More...
Poor diet may affect long-term spatial memory
What you eat may impact your long-term spatial memory. Rats fed a cafeteria-style diet, high in saturated fats and refined carbs, experienced deterioration in spatial memory that was incremental, according to the pattern of access to junk foods.... Read More...
Key brain region for navigating familiar places identified
The posterior hippocampus tracks distance to a newly learned location, as well as familiar environments. By contrast, when navigating a familiar location, the retrosplenial cortex takes over responsibility for tracking distance. The findings shed light on how the brain navigates and encodes spatial information.... Read More...
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...
Histamines Can Boost Long Term Memory of Objects
Researchers report histamines can help improve memory of objects up-to 25 days longer than normal in mice, as well as improving people's long term memory test scores. The study suggests taking histamines may help alleviate symptoms of memory disorders such as Alzheimer's and other dementias.... Read More...
New Insight Into the Process of New Neuron Generation in the Adult Brain
Researchers discover the protein nestin produced in astrocytes plays a role in inhibiting neural differentiation. The study reports nestin does not control adult neurogenesis by acting within neural stem cells, but by regulating Notch signals neural stem cells receive from astrocytes. ... 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...
Touch Can Produce Detailed, Lasting Memories
According to a new study, exploring objects through touch can generate detailed, lasting memories of the object, even when people don't intend to memorize the details of the object. ... Read More...
Sleep Helps Us Predict Regular Sequences of Events
A new study reports sleeps help improve learning performance in predictable processes.... Read More...