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·October 7, 2026·6 min read

How Brain Cells Lock In Short-Term Memories

A new study reveals a "split attractor network" in fruit flies that explains how neural circuits stabilize short-term working memories.

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·September 30, 2026·5 min read

Speech Patterns During Memory Tests Forecast Mental Decline

A new study uses NLP to analyze speech patterns during memory tests, predicting cognitive decline up to 7 years in advance.

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·September 27, 2026·6 min read

Flawed AI Summaries Distort Eyewitness Memory

Misleading AI video summaries alter human memory and distort eyewitness accuracy from 84% down to 45%, Georgetown and UW study finds.

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·August 6, 2026·10 min read

Depression Triggers Volume Loss in Memory Brain Areas

Depression in older adults is tied to volume reduction in the CA23DG hippocampal subfield, independent of Alzheimer's biomarkers.

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·July 29, 2026·6 min read

Resource Limits and Noise Dictate Memory

A new study presents a mathematical framework showing that organisms shift abruptly from reactive to memory-based strategies only when energy resources exceed a critical threshold, with memory offering peak utility under moderate environmental uncertainty.

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·July 29, 2026·8 min read

Why Vivid Dreams Leave You Feeling Exhausted

Researchers discovered a metabolic paradox during REM sleep: while brain blood volume and fuel supply increase, internal neuronal ATP levels decline.

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·July 27, 2026·6 min read

3-Region Neural Circuit Required for Sleep Memory

A new study reveals that memory consolidation during sleep requires coordinated signaling among the orbitofrontal cortex, thalamus, and hippocampus, and shows how epileptic spikes break this circuit.

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·July 27, 2026·8 min read

Vagus Nerve Gut Signals Drive Spatial Memory

A new study reveals that the vagus nerve transmits gut nutrient signals to the hippocampus, boosting acetylcholine release and spatial memory.

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·July 25, 2026·8 min read

Alzheimer Genetic Risk Scores Do Not Explain SuperAging

A new study demonstrates that SuperAgers cannot be distinguished from cognitively average peers by APOE status or polygenic risk scores.

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·July 25, 2026·8 min read

The Physical Mechanics of Memory Erasure

Increasing mechanical strain causes particle interactions to erase prior directional memory, providing a physical model for how short- and long-term biological memories compete and overwrite.