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·July 8, 2025·8 min read

The Brain Weaves Time Into Memories With Unique Neural Bookmarks

Our brain doesn’t just record time—it organizes our lives into distinct, memorable moments. New research reveals that neurons in the lateral entorhinal cortex generate unique “jumps” in activity when something meaningful happens, creating bookmarks that structure our experiences.

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·July 13, 2023·8 min read

Warping Time: How the Brain’s Inner Clockwork Dictates Behavior

In groundbreaking research, researchers revealed how neural activity influences our perception of time. The study artificially altered neural activity in rats, distorting their sense of time duration.

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·April 1, 2022·2 min read

Our Brain as a Time Machine and Other Unsolved Questions About the Many-Faceted Mystery of Time

During an upcoming symposium, researchers will discuss the neurobiology of time perception, how emotion shapes our perception of time, and the role of memory in anticipation.

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·June 28, 2021·3 min read

Human ‘Time Neurons’ Encode Specific Moments in Time

Specific hippocampal neurons may be involved in time-related memory encoding. Findings reveal the human brain contains time-tracking neurons.

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·December 31, 2020·4 min read

A Year of Blursdays: How Coronavirus Distorted Our Sense of Time in 2020

Many people reported they felt like time was passing differently during the initial COVID-19 lockdowns. Researchers explore how the pandemic has contributed to the feeling of time distortion.

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·December 18, 2019·4 min read

Forgetfulness might depend on time of day

Mouse study reveals a gene that influences memory recall at different times of the day. Researchers identified how the gene causes mice to be more forgetful just before they normally wake.

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·August 12, 2019·7 min read

Neuroscientists make major breakthrough in 200-year-old puzzle

Time plays a key role when it comes to Weber's Law.

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·March 20, 2019·2 min read

It’s spring already? Physics explains why time flies as we age

A slower rate of image processing speeds up our perception of time as we grow older.

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·January 15, 2019·3 min read

New Way By Which the Brain Marks Time Identified

A new neuroimaging study helped researchers capture the processes by which the brain stores information related to when events happen. The findings could help further the understanding of age related dementia.

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·January 10, 2019·2 min read

Early Development of Memory for Space and Time

Researchers report episodic memory develops in distinct stages during postnatal maturation.

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·December 17, 2018·3 min read

Measuring Speed of Mental Replay of Movies Gives Insight into Accessing Memories

Study reports people access fully detailed memories at different speeds and levels of detail, often accessing older information first. Findings could help developing treatments for those with PTSD, researchers say.

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·October 9, 2018·6 min read

Time-Traveling Illusion Tricks the Brain

Researchers have developed two new illusions that shed light on how our senses can influence each other, specifically, how the presence of audio can influence visual illusions.