Tag: memories

“Dang it, I lost my keys!”  One solution to this frustratingly common scenario is to retrace your steps. This can ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- As cells perform their everyday functions, they turn on a variety of genes and cellular pathways. MIT ...

Animals can adapt quickly to survive adverse environmental conditions. Evidence is mounting to show that plants can, too. A paper ...

LAWRENCE — That song really takes me back. We’ve all heard a song or seen a movie that brings back ...

What role do the stages of sleep play in forming memories? “We’ve known for a long time that useful learning ...

Bumblebees  don’t seem to keep memories for how sweet a flower was, but instead only remember if it was sweeter ...

Robotics and wearable devices might soon get a little smarter with the addition of a stretchy, wearable synaptic transistor developed ...

Long-term memories rely on both the repetition of events and an intricate neurological learning process in making these memories last, ...

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have discovered a biological mechanism that increases the strength with which fear memories are stored ...

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) is hosting a free webinar, “Manipulating Memories to Help Treat Brain Illness” on ...

Researchers have long known that memory is represented by changes in the part of the brain called the hippocampus. Credit: ...

Our brains rarely record single memories—instead, they store memories into groups so that the recollection of one significant memory triggers ...

Tragic events like wars, famines, earthquakes, and accidents create fearful memories in our brain. These memories continue to haunt us ...

Has a song ever reminded you of the past, and unexpectedly surfaced emotions associated with that specific experience or person ...

Researchers have identified two types of cells in our brains that are involved in organizing discrete memories based on when ...

We all know exercise is good for us, but that still leaves plenty of questions. How much exercise? Who benefits ...

What physical changes occur in the brain when a memory is made? Credit: Don Arnold, University of Southern California What physical ...

DURHAM, N.C. – You’re starting to tell that old story to a couple of new friends, and suddenly another person ...

In a discovery that could one day benefit people suffering from traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia, UT Southwestern ...

Practice makes perfect, but sleep helps, too. Learning and executing a new motor skill can be enhanced if you can ...