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·March 2, 2012·2 min read

New Software Responds to Students’ Emotions, Boredom

Emotion-sensing computer software that models and responds to students’ cognitive and emotional states – including frustration and boredom – has...

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·February 27, 2013·3 min read

Discovery About Animal Memory Opens Doors to Research on Memory Impairment Diseases

A new study offers evidence of source memory in nonhuman animals.

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·July 17, 2013·3 min read

Low Doses of Psychedelic Drug Erases Conditioned Fear in Mice

Researchers discover a low dose of psilocybin erased conditioned fear responses in mice. They suggest the agent could be a potential treatment for PTSD and related conditions.

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·September 10, 2013·2 min read

Study Creates New Memories by Directly Changing the Brain

Researchers create new and specific memories by directly manipulating brain cells in the cerebral cortex of rodents.

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·June 3, 2013·3 min read

Manipulating Memory in the Hippocampus

Modifying the levels of tomosyn protein in the hippocampus of mice, researchers noted over production of the protein led to a sharp decline in the ability to learn and memorize information.

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·March 31, 2011·2 min read

The Brain Against Words in the Mirror

Most people can read texts reflected in a mirror slowly and with some effort, but a team of scientists from...

Neurology

·March 1, 2012·2 min read

How Marijuana Impairs Memory

A major downside of the medical use of marijuana is the drug’s ill effects on working memory, the ability to...

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·August 1, 2012·4 min read

Brain Imaging Can Predict How Intelligent You Are, Study Finds

Research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that another 10 percent of individual differences in intelligence can be explained by the strength of neural pathways connecting the left lateral prefrontal cortex to the rest of the brain.

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·February 18, 2014·2 min read

A Circuit for Change

Researchers identify a region of the hippocampus which is sensitive to small changes in familiar context.

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·December 9, 2010·3 min read

Acetylcholine and SK Channels Involved in Learning and Memory

New research on learning describes the interaction between acetlycholine receptors and SK channels and their involvement in learning and memory. These findings could lead to new research targeting acetylcholine and SK channels to help cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia as well as help understand learning and memory better.

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·July 18, 2011·3 min read

Researchers Find Neural Signature of Mental Time Travel

Almost everyone has experienced one memory triggering another, but explanations for that phenomenon have proved elusive. Now, University of Pennsylvania...