Neuroscience
Cognitive rescue in aging through prior training
A new research paper titled "Cognitive rescue in aging through prior training in rats" has been published in Aging.
Jul 19, 2023
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News tagged with human memory
Psychology & Psychiatry
Real-world context increases capacity for remembering colors, shows study
Human memory is fundamental to everything we do. From remembering the face of a new acquaintance to finding the cell phone that one just left on a table, one's "visual working memory"—the core cognitive system that retains ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Health
Intermittent fasting could help protect the brain from age-related diseases like Alzheimer's
As the world population has grown older, Alzheimer's disease has become increasingly common. Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent form of dementia. Dementia is a term used to describe a range of symptoms linked to the ...
Jun 30, 2023
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Neuroscience
Deep-brain stimulation during sleep shown to strengthen memory
While it's known that sleep plays a crucial role in strengthening memory, scientists are still trying to decode how this process plays out in the brain overnight.
Jun 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Spike protein implicated in post-COVID-19 memory loss
Patients diagnosed with post-COVID-19 syndrome often experience cognitive and memory impairments. A new study by researchers from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and UniRio provides insight into the mechanism ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover brain region linking short-term to long-term memory
We have a pretty good idea of where memory starts and ends—short-term memories form in the hippocampus and, if the situation calls for it, stabilize into long-term memories in the cortex. But what happens along the winding ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychedelics and Cognition: A New Look
The synthesis of LSD and psilocybin in the early to mid-20th century sparked not only a new counterculture in the United States but also a new interest in brain science, specifically the role of neurotransmitters. Despite ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Forget about it: Investigating how we purge thoughts from our mind
Forgetting is not always easy. If you have ever tried to erase that annoying earworm from your mind or stop thinking about whether you locked the door after leaving the house, you know how disruptive it can be to think about ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Health
'You are not alone': Q&A with expert on sleep, stress and memory in women
Women often talk about the struggles they face feeling pinched between family and work obligations. As a result, many have trouble getting enough quality sleep, managing stress and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Neuroscience
Memories could be lost if two key brain regions fail to sync together, study finds
Learning, remembering something, and recalling memories is supported by multiple separate groups of neurons connected inside and across key regions in the brain. If these neural assemblies fail to sync together at the right ...
Mar 15, 2023
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