News tagged with memory formation

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Brain-imaging study links cannabinoid receptors to post-traumatic stress disorder

In a first-of-its-kind effort to illuminate the biochemical impact of trauma, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a connection between the quantity of cannabinoid receptors in the human brain, known ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sleeping brain behaves as if it's remembering something, study shows

UCLA researchers have for the first time measured the activity of a brain region known to be involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer's disease during sleep. They discovered that this part of the brain ...

Neuroscience created Oct 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (18) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Research finds key molecules involved in forming long-term memories

How does one's experience of an event get translated into a memory that can be accessed months, even years later? A team led by University of Pennsylvania scientists has come closer to answering that question, identifying ...

Medical research created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Study suggests clenching right hand may help form memories, left may help recall words

Clenching your right hand may help form a stronger memory of an event or action, and clenching your left may help you recollect the memory later, according to research published April 24 in the open access ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New study refutes accepted model of memory formation

A study by Johns Hopkins researchers has shown that a widely accepted model of long-term memory formation—that it hinges on a single enzyme in the brain—is flawed. The new study, published in the Jan. 2 issue of Nature, found ...

Neuroscience created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists isolate molecular 'when' and 'where' of memory formation

Neuroscientists from New York University and the University of California, Irvine have isolated the "when" and "where" of molecular activity that occurs in the formation of short-, intermediate-, and long-term memories. Their ...

Neuroscience created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists identify a master controller of memory

When you experience a new event, your brain encodes a memory of it by altering the connections between neurons. This requires turning on many genes in those neurons. Now, MIT neuroscientists have identified ...

Neuroscience created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (17) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Link between inflammatory process and progression of Alzheimer's disease

An international team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, the University of Bonn and the Center for Advanced European Studies and Research in Germany have shown that a well-known immune and ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Caffeine may block inflammation linked to mild cognitive impairment

Recent studies have linked caffeine consumption to a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease, and a new University of Illinois study may be able to explain how this happens.

Neuroscience created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

New learning and memory neurons uncovered

(Medical Xpress)—A University of Queensland study has identified precisely when new neurons become important for learning.

Neuroscience created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How connections in the brain must change to form memories could help to develop artificial cognitive computers

Exactly how memories are stored and accessed in the brain is unclear. Neuroscientists, however, do know that a primitive structure buried in the center of the brain, called the hippocampus, is a pivotal region ...

Neuroscience created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The biology behind alcohol-induced blackouts

(Medical Xpress) -- A person who drinks too much alcohol may be able to perform complicated tasks, such as dancing, carrying on a conversation or even driving a car, but later have no memory of those escapades. ...

Neuroscience created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New mechanism for long-term memory formation discovered

UC Irvine neurobiologists have found a novel molecular mechanism that helps trigger the formation of long-term memory. The researchers believe the discovery of this mechanism adds another piece to the puzzle in the ongoing ...

Neuroscience created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuro researchers sharpen our understanding of memories

Scientists now have a better understanding of how precise memories are formed thanks to research led by Prof. Jean-Claude Lacaille of the University of Montreal's Department of Physiology. "In terms of human applications, ...

Neuroscience created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast