SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024POSTED BY GEORGIA TECH (Credit: Getty Images) TAGS : LEARNINGMEMORYMUSICUNIVERSITY : GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY New research demonstrates music’s impact on learning and memory, with possible therapeutic applications for mental health. The music we know and might love, music that feels predictable or even safe—that music can help us study and learn. Yiren...
by Katherine Gaither, University of Alabama at Birmingham Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Common treatments for Parkinson’s disease can address short-term symptoms, but can also cause extensive problems for patients in the long run. Namely, treatments can cause dyskinesia, a form of uncontrollable movements and postures. In a recent study published in The Journal of Neuroscience,...
Peer-Reviewed Publication COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE TRAVELING WAVE PROPAGATION DIRECTIONS IN THE MEMORY TASK REVEAL HOW THE BRAIN QUICKLY COORDINATES ACTIVITY AND SHARES INFORMATION ACROSS MULTIPLE REGIONSCREDIT: HONGHUI ZHANG In the space of just a few seconds, a person walking down a city block might check their phone, yawn, worry about...
by McMaster University Image depicting UMAP of mass cytometry data analyzing human B cell subsets. Credit: Depiction generated by David R. Glass, project lead by Joshua F.E. Koenig, Peter Sejer Andersen, Niels Peter H. Knudsen, Allyssa Phelps, and Kelly Bruton.Researchers with McMaster University and Denmark-based pharmaceutical company ALK-Abello A/S have made a groundbreaking discovery: a new...
by University of Queensland L to R: Dr. Isaac Akefe and Professor Fred Meunier in the lab. Credit: Queensland Brain InstituteResearchers at the University of Queensland have revealed the crucial role of saturated fatty acids in the brain’s consolidation of memories. Dr. Isaac Akefe from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute has uncovered the molecular mechanism and identifies...
by UC Davis The left panel shows PDE4D5 in the nucleus of hippocampal neurons. The right panel shows PDE4D5 in the cytoplasm of hippocampus neurons after activation of an adrenaline receptor. Credit: University of California The process by which memories are formed in the hippocampus region of the brain is complex. It relies on a...
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMBRIDGE, MA — As cells perform their everyday functions, they turn on a variety of genes and cellular pathways. MIT engineers have now coaxed cells to inscribe the history of these events in a long protein chain that can be imaged using a light microscope. Cells programmed to produce these chains...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES Our brains rarely record single memories—instead, they store memories into groups so that the recollection of one significant memory triggers the recall of others connected by time. As we age, however, our brains gradually lose this ability to link related memories. Now UCLA researchers have discovered...
by Molly Gluck, Boston University Social transmission of memory. Credit: The Ramirez Lab Has a song ever reminded you of the past, and unexpectedly surfaced emotions associated with that specific experience or person from your memory? Does walking into Staples remind you of back-to-school shopping, even years after graduating? Or, have you ever been introduced...
FEBRUARY 7, 2022 by Steve Fink Memories stick with us for a reason. We hang onto important events and life experiences from our past, however, many of these seemingly crucial memories have also been forgotten. The act of forgetting often has a negative connotation. Many perceive forgetting as a form of memory loss. However, scientists...
