News tagged with lasting memories


Novel storage mechanism allows command, control of memory

(Medical Xpress)—Introductions at a party seemingly go in one ear and out the other. However, if you meet someone two or three times during the party, you are more likely to remember his or her name. Your ...

Neuroscience created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Feel-good hormone helps to jog the memory

The feel-good hormone dopamine improves long-term memory. This is the finding of a team lead by Emrah Düzel, neuroscientist at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Magdeburg. The researchers ...

Neuroscience created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists strengthen memory by stimulating key site in brain

Ever gone to the movies and forgotten where you parked the car? New UCLA research may one day help you improve your memory.

Neuroscience created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sudden stress shifts human brain into survival mode

(Medical Xpress) -- In threatening situations, the brain adapts within seconds to prepare for an appropriate response. Some regions are temporarily suppressed. Others become more active and form temporarily alliances for ...

Neuroscience created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research might help people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder

The discovery of a mechanism in the brain explains for the first time why people make particularly strong, long-lasting memories of stressful events in their lives and could help sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Medical research created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast