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Memory

·May 15, 2012·5 min read

Sugar Makes You Stupid: Study Shows High Fructose Diet Sabotages Learning and Memory

This is your brain on sugar: UCLA study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory. [Corrections: The UCLA Newsroom has made...

Neurology

·May 9, 2012·2 min read

Reduction of Excess Brain Activity Improves Memory in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Research published by Cell Press in the May 10th issue of the journal Neuron, describes a potential new therapeutic approach...

Featured Neuroscience

·May 3, 2012·4 min read

Awake Mental Replay of Past Experiences Critical for Learning

Blocking it stumps memory-guided decision-making in rats – NIH-funded study Awake mental replay of past experiences is essential for making...

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·April 26, 2012·2 min read

Learning Mechanism of the Adult Brain Revealed

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Fortunately, this is not always true. Researchers at the Netherlands...

Featured Neurology

·April 20, 2012·3 min read

Single Neuron Observations Mark Steps in Alzheimer’s Disease

Multiple disease-related changes progress in parallel through distinct stages. Studying a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, neuroscientists at the Technische...

Psychology

·March 28, 2012·4 min read

In Immersion Foreign Language Learning, Adults Attain, Retain Native Speaker Brain Pattern

A first-of-its kind series of brain studies shows how an adult learning a foreign language can come to use the...

Featured Neuroscience Neuroscience Videos

·March 27, 2012·3 min read

Blocking “Oh-Glick-Nack” May Improve Long-Term Memory

Just as the familiar sugar in food can be bad for the teeth and waistline, another sugar has been implicated...

Featured Neuroscience

·March 23, 2012·4 min read

Researchers Show that Memories Reside in Specific Brain Cells

Simply activating a tiny number of neurons can conjure an entire memory. Our fond or fearful memories — that first...

Neuroethics Neuroscience

·March 23, 2012·3 min read

Researchers Partially Control a Memory

Scripps Research Institute Team Wrests Partial Control of a Memory The work advances understanding of how memories form and offers...

Featured

·March 9, 2012·5 min read

Teach Your Robot Well

Within a decade, personal robots could become as common in U.S. homes as any other major appliance, and many if...

Genetics Neuroethics

·March 9, 2012·2 min read

Genetic Manipulation Boosts Growth of Brain Cells Linked to Learning, Enhances Effects of Antidepressants

Southwestern Medical Center investigators have identified a genetic manipulation that increases the development of neurons in the brain during aging...