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New research suggests infants can form memories far earlier than previously thought, but where do they go?
If you needed another reason to get a good night's sleep — here it is.
They say an elephant never forgets, and according to this new study, that's not far from the truth.
Researchers find that strategic elements in gaming might contribute to improved memory and attention among young players.
Implicit memory is why you never forget how to ride a bike or play the guitar.
We tend to remember ourselves as older than we were during our earliest memories.
These viruses can alter our gut microbiome to improve brain function.
Understanding where and how memories are formed could lead to more ways to treat conditions like PTSD and addiction.
That’s great, because I love breaks.
The method used on 'Sherlock' has actually been used since Roman times, with great success.
We’re not always rational actors.
Although popularized by a "paranormal consultant", the effect is real.
Just one week of switching to a diet of burgers, waffles, milkshakes, and sugary cereals can be enough to trigger significant memory and learning impairements.
Don't believe everything you think
Our memory doesn't work like a camera. But even though there's no such thing as photographic memory there are some people who are very gifted.
They say follow your dreams but I can't even remember them.
Rats with artificially-reduced ghrelin signaling showed impaired performance in an episodic memory task.
The best course of action in such situations is simply to avoid places that could make you 'sin'.
Breathe in deep!
The secret to success is to take a short break, often.
The brain has an auto-complete feature for your memories. The hippocampus handles it.
Fear is the mind killer.
That's about the same size as.... 3 high-resolution memes or one-tenth of a second of video in 1080p.
You can intentionally forget memories but it does take some work.
This is something worth remembering. So, maybe, sleep on it a bit?
Some more, some less.
Stress and memory don't mix very well.
Sleep seems to be a keystone of memory formation and retention.
Try it for finals.
The reason is pretty simple.
Data is a girl's best friend.
A new study offers insight into how neurons work together to make us remember stuff.
Just like anything else, it needs constant exercise to stay in shape.
Blacking out from alcohol is a bit more complicated than you might think.
A new study found that drawing information you need to remember is a very efficient way to enhance your memory. The researchers believe that the act of drawing helps create a more cohesive memory as it integrates visual, motor and semantic information. “We pitted drawing against a number of other known encoding strategies, but drawing […]
A team from IBM Research dramatically increased the storage capacity of an alternative memory structure called phase-change memory (PCM) to 3 bits of data per cell. Many specialists think that PCM is the future, in a way similar to how flash is replacing hard drives.
Portable data storage, such as USB drives, might not be quite as useful or sought after as they once were but they remain an undeniably handy method to carry your data around.
A new study found that whole populations of bacteria retain their tolerance to stressors for a much longer duration than individual cells.
Scientists at the Georgia State University, Georgia Regents University and Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center found that the brain uses sweet foods to form the memory of a meal. The paper shows how the neurons in the dorsal hippocampus -- a part of the brain that is critical for episodic memory -- are activated by consuming sweets.
Material scientists at Oxford University, collaborating with experts from Karlsruhe, Munster and Exeter, have developed the world's first light-based memory banks that can store data permanently. The device is build from simple materials, in use in CDs and DVDs today, and promises to dramatically improve the speed of modern computing.
Each memory relies on three critical elements, those being the "what," "where" and "when" building blocks. Neuroscientists from MIT have identified a brain circuit -- connecting the hippocampus and a region of the cortex known as entorhinal cortex -- that handles the "when" and "where" components.
Neuroscientists have long posited that memories last as long as the connections in the brain, but putting this theory to test has always proved challenging. Using the latest imaging techniques and sheer innovation, a group at Stanford confirmed this as being true after the researchers literally peered into the brains of mice and studied brain connections as they formed or were replaced. Once the connection was lost, so was the memory.
Memories aren't infallible - even for those with photographic memory - so, more often than not, they'll seem fuzzy. And the older these get, the fuzzier they're recalled. Mixing names, faces and events in your head can sometimes be embarrassing, but at least we're not alone. Seems like bees have false memories too, according to a study made by British researchers at Queen Mary University of London. Previously, false memories had been induced in other animals, like mice, but this is the first time natural false memories have been shown to happen. Research like this might help us, in time, understand how false memories are formed and, in a more general sense, how we recall events.
For a while, the general consensus was that long term memories are stored in synapses. A new UCLA research topples this paradigm after experiments made on snails suggests that synapses aren’t that crucial storing memories as previously believed, but only facilitate the transfer of information someplace else, most likely in the nucleus of the neurons themselves […]
Really bad experiences, like going through a particularly stressful or frighting situation, are a lot easier to remember than the things we do a day to day basis, or even those special pleasant experiences. That’s because we’re sort of evolutionary geared to remember those particularly nasty experiences so that we might avoid these in the future. […]
Scientists have found that cocoa flavanols, substances found in chocolate, and to a lesser extent in blueberries, red wine, parsley and black tea have a positive impact on the memory of elders. Flavonoids are a class of plant secondary metabolites. Flavonoids were referred to as Vitamin P until 1950, but the term fell out of favor. Though there […]
Long term shift work has a permanent negative effect on the brain damaging cognitive ability and memory, a new study has revealed. The study found clear links between shift work and impairments in memory and thinking (cognition). People who worked in shifts for 10 years or more have, on average, an extra 6.5 years fall in memory […]
Topping conventional thinking, a new study found that making mistakes while learning can benefit memory, but only when the wrong answer is close to the right one. Random guesses can actually harm memory of the subject, the study found. The result held true for both young and old adults alike, with profound implications for clinical […]
Babies can learn what to fear from the first days of life simply by smelling their distressed mothers, a new study has shown. This doesn’t only work after the pregnancy, but also during it and even before – if a mother experiences something specific which makes her fearful. It’s the first direct observation of this […]
Researchers have erased and then reactivated memories in rats, profoundly impacting the animals’ reaction to past events. This is the first study ever to demonstrate the ability to selectively erase and then reactivate a memory by stimulating nerves in the brain at frequencies that strengthen synapses, the connection between neurons. The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless […]
