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·December 23, 2022·4 min read

How the Brain Stores Remote Fear Memory

Remote fear memories, or memories of trauma formed in the distant past, are stored in the connections between neurons in the prefrontal cortex.

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·October 24, 2022·4 min read

Study Looks Inside the Brain During Sleep to Show How Memory Is Stored

Sounds presented during sleep associated with previously learned stimuli reactivated memory and improved memory storage.

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·April 1, 2022·4 min read

Learning Gains While We Sleep Originate From the Learning Process Itself and Not Just From Using the Brain

Learning consolidation that occurs during sleep is a result of the learning process, and is not simply due to neural processes and brain regions associated with learning.

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·December 28, 2021·3 min read

How the Hippocampus Orchestrates Memory Consolidation

Study reveals how the CA2 region of the hippocampus plays a key role in long-term memory consolidation.

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·June 11, 2021·2 min read

Dreams Reflect Multiple Memories and Anticipate Future Events

53% of dreams can be traced to memories, and of those, 50% are linked to memory sources of multiple previous life events. Additionally, 26% of dreams are associated with impending events. Future-orientated dreams become more prevalent during deeper stages of sleep.

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·May 25, 2021·2 min read

How the Brain Strengthens Memories During Sleep

The reactivation of learned material during slow oscillation/sleep spindle complexes, and the precision of SO-spindle coupling predicts how strong a memory will be reactivated in the brain.

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·February 24, 2021·5 min read

New Experiences Enhance Learning by Resetting Key Brain Circuit

Novel experiences dampen previous memory representations in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, facilitating flexible strategy encoding in mice.

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·June 5, 2020·3 min read

Dreaming with purpose

Hippocampal adult-born neurons are responsible for memory consolidation during REM sleep.

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·June 4, 2020·3 min read

Adult neurogenesis essential for sleep-induced memory consolidation

Adult born neurons are essential for synaptic structural remodeling and memory consolidation during REM sleep, a new mouse study found.

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·April 8, 2020·3 min read

False memories of crime appear real when retold to others

Study reveals people are only 53% likely to identify whether someone else in recounting and accurate or false memory of a crime.

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·March 5, 2020·4 min read

Scent exposure during sleep strengthens memory retention

Delivering a memory-inducing scent to one nostril while a person sleeps helps boost memory retention.

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·October 18, 2019·2 min read

How our memories stabilize while we sleep

Delta waves isolate assemblies of cortical neurons that play an essential role in long-term memory formation and consolidation.

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