FeaturedNeuroscience·January 9, 2023·6 min readZone of Uncertainty Enables the Brain to Rapidly Form New MemoriesResearchers explore how a little-understood brain area called the zona incerta communicates with the neocortex to rapidly control memory formation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 1, 2016·4 min readDecoding Hidden Dreams: Decrypting the Sleeping Brain to Reveal Hidden MemoriesResearchers develop a method to decrypt the brain while it sleeps to reveal hidden memories.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·September 25, 2013·1 min readFeelings Forge Stronger MemoriesA new study reports bad experiences enhance memory formation about places.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 28, 2023·3 min readStudying Brain Oscillations to Understand What Makes a Memory StickMemory formation requires higher-frequency ripples in the hippocampus and lower-frequency ripples in the parietal cortex. However, to make a memory stick, coordinated high-frequency ripples between the hippocampus and parietal cortex are required.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·June 30, 2015·3 min readMicroRNAs Play Important Role in Learning and Memory FormationA new study reports that, in some cases, miRNAs can increase memory, and in others, decrease memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 12, 2013·2 min readScientists Pinpoint Proteins Vital to Long-Term MemoryResearchers have identified a group of proteins essential to the formation of long-term memories.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·October 22, 2015·3 min readAlzheimer’s Plaques Impair Memory Formation During SleepAmyloid beta deposits influence brain activity during sleep and impair memory formation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 28, 2022·4 min readCell Organization in the Hippocampus Matters for Memory FormationFear memories are formed when cells in the hippocampus form discrete clusters and sleep is important to the stability of these clusters.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 13, 2016·3 min readREM Sleep is a Keystone of Memory Formation in MiceA new study provides evidence that REM sleep does play a vital role in memory formation, at least in mice.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 10, 2019·3 min readResearch sheds new light on how the brain forms and recalls memoriesDuring memory formation, the directional coupling between the neocortex and hippocampus alters. Decreased power in brain oscillations in the neocortex preceded and predicted increased power in the hippocampus. The reverse occurs during memory retrieval.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 28, 2016·4 min readExpectation May Be Essential to Memory FormationAccording to a new study, attention is not enough to ensure accurate memory.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·August 26, 2014·3 min readFocus on Naturally Occurring Protein to Tackle DementiaResearchers provide evidence that an absence of MK2/3 is linked to early signs of dementia.Read More