by Heidelberg University How does the brain translate information from the outside world into something we remember? An international team of researchers working in the Human Brain Project have zoomed in on the neuronal circuits in the striatum, a brain structure involved in memory, behavior and reward learning. The findings, published in the PLOS Computational...
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Scientists identify brain circuit responsible for building memories during sleep
Neuroscientists at the University of Alberta have identified a mechanism that may help build memories during deep sleep. In a study published last month in eNeuro, the researchers focused on the role of the nucleus reuniens, an area of the brain that connects two other brain structures involved in creating memories and may co-ordinate their...
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Consuming alcohol leads to epigenetic changes in brain memory centers
Triggers in everyday life such as running into a former drinking buddy, walking by a once- familiar bar, and attending social gatherings can all cause recovering alcoholics to “fall off the wagon.” About 40 to 60 percent of people who have gone through treatment for substance abuse will experience some kind of relapse, according to...
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Brain’s astrocytes play starring role in long-term memory
by Salk Institute Star-shaped cells called astrocytes help the brain establish long-lasting memories, Salk researchers have discovered. The new work adds to a growing body of evidence that astrocytes, long considered to be merely supportive cells in the brain, may have more of a leading role. The study, published in the journal Glia on July 26, 2019, could inform therapies for disorders in which long-term memory is...
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First-person memories stay sharper longer, research suggests
by Katie Willis, University of Alberta Our ability to edit our memories allows us to grow and change how we perceive ourselves and our experiences, says U of A psychology researcher. The perspective through we which recall our memories—seeing them through our own eyes as a participant or seeing ourselves in them as a third-party...
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New method classifies brain cells based on electrical signals
by Massachusetts Institute of Technology For decades, neuroscientists have relied on a technique for reading out electrical “spikes” of brain activity in live, behaving subjects that tells them very little about the types of cells they are monitoring. In a new study, researchers at the University of Tuebingen and MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and...
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11 Simple Ways to Improve Your Memory
Long-term, immediate, and habitual methods for keeping your memories fresh and clear. Mental Floss | Kathy Benjamin Whether you want to be a Jeopardy! champion or just need to remember where you parked your car, here are 11 things you can do right now to turn your mind from a sieve into a steel trap. 1. Concentrate for 8 Seconds. These days we’re...
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Pinpointing the cells that control the brain’s memory flow
From the cab driver heading for Times Square to the commuter returning home on the freeway, we all carry maps in our head labeled with important locations. And a new Columbia study in mice shows that, by directing the delicate ebb-and-flow of brain activity, a small cluster of cells helps the brain’s internal GPS remember...
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Unexpected link found between feeding and memory brain areas
The search for a mechanism that could explain how the protein complex NCOR1/2 regulates memory has revealed an unexpected connection between the lateral hypothalamus and the hippocampus, the feeding and the memory centers of the brain, respectively. The findings, which were published today in the journal Nature Neuroscienceby a multidisciplinary team led by researchers at...
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Why two people see the same thing but have different memories
Does it ever strike you as odd that you and a friend can experience the same event at the same time, but come away with different memories of what happened? So why is it that people can recall the same thing so differently? We all know memory isn’t perfect, and most memory differences are relatively trivial. But sometimes they can have serious consequences. Credit: Shutterstock/Photographee.eu Imagine if you both witnessed a crime. What factors lead...
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