Neuroscience
Tiny brain region sorts out stressful memories
A tiny part of the brain plays a big role in what we successfully remember during stressful or emotional situations, according to a new USC study.
Feb 14, 2018
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News tagged with emotional memory
Neuroscience
The ins and outs of Area 25
Neuroscientists have charted the incoming and outgoing connections of a brain region located deep within the primate prefrontal cortex that has important roles in emotion and memory processes. The comprehensive, high-resolution ...
Jan 22, 2018
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Neuroscience
Scientists study Pavlovian conditioning in neural networks
In the decades following the work by physiologist Ivan Pavlov and his famous salivating dogs, scientists have discovered how molecules and cells in the brain learn to associate two stimuli, like Pavlov's bell and the resulting ...
Mar 22, 2017
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Health
Component of marijuana may help treat anxiety and substance abuse disorders
Cannabidiol, a major component of cannabis or marijuana, appears to have effects on emotion and emotional memory, which could be helpful for treating anxiety-related and substance abuse disorders.
Mar 8, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Happy notes, happy memories
Happy memories spring to mind much faster than sad, scary or peaceful ones. Moreover, if you listen to happy or peaceful music, you recall positive memories, whereas if you listen to emotionally scary or sad music, you recall ...
Feb 28, 2017
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Neuroscience
Is there such a thing as an emotional hangover? Researchers find that there is
Emotional experiences can induce physiological and internal brain states that persist for long periods of time after the emotional events have ended, a team of New York University scientists has found. This study, which appears ...
Dec 26, 2016
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Neuroscience
The power of expectation can restrain hyper-emotional memories in the brain
The creaking of an opening gate followed by a dog attack can disturb otherwise pleasant evening walks. The sound of that gate opening on subsequent walks will elicit an emotional response, and the power of this response will ...
Nov 14, 2016
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Neuroscience
Posting personal experiences on social media may help you remember them in the future
A new study—the first to look at social media's effect on memory—suggests posting personal experiences on social media makes those events much easier to recall.
Sep 7, 2016
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Neuroscience
Selective retention of positive information may be marker for elderly memory loss
People who selectively recalled positive information over neutral and negative information performed worse on memory tests conducted by University of California, Irvine neurobiologists, who said the results suggest that this ...
Jul 19, 2016
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Neuroscience
Emotionally positive situations boost memory for similar future events
Rewarding learning today can improve learning tomorrow; this is one of the conclusions reached by researchers from the Cognition and Brain Plasticity research group of the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL) ...
Jun 15, 2016
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