Neuroscience
The human brain works backwards to retrieve memories
When we remember a past event, the human brain reconstructs that experience in reverse order, according to a new study at the University of Birmingham.
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New genetic clues to early-onset form of dementia
Unlike the more common Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia tends to afflict young people. It accounts for an estimated 20 percent of all cases of early-onset dementia. Patients with the illness typically begin to ...
Dec 13, 2018
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Multitasking between devices is associated with poorer attention and memory—expert explains why
How many times have you sat down to watch TV or a movie, only to immediately shift your attention to your smartphone or tablet? Known as "media multitasking", this phenomenon is so common that an estimated 178m US adults ...
Dec 13, 2018
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Toward an improved treatment of anxiety disorders
Traumatic experiences can become deeply entrenched in a person's memory. How can fears following a traumatic event be reduced in the long term and prevented from becoming a permanent stress-related disorder? Researchers at ...
Dec 11, 2018
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Neuroscience
Nose breathing enhances memory consolidation
Breathing through the nose may improve the transfer of experience to long-term memory, finds a study of human adults published in JNeurosci. The findings add to growing evidence for the influence of respiration on human perception ...
Oct 22, 2018
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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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Memory—recognizing images seen briefly ten years previously
Recalling the names of old classmates 50 years after graduation or of favorite childhood television series illustrates the amazing abilities of human memory. Emotion and repeated exposure are both known to play a role in ...
Nov 13, 2017
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Neuroscientists improve human memory by electrically stimulating brain
Neuroscientists at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have discovered precisely where and how to electrically stimulate the human brain to enhance people's recollection of distinct memories. People with epilepsy ...
Oct 25, 2017
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Rhythm of memory: Inhibited neurons set the tempo for memory processes
The more we know about the billions of nerve cells in the brain, the less their interaction appears spontaneous and random. The harmony underlying the processing of memory contents has been revealed by Prof. Dr. Marlene Bartos' ...
Oct 23, 2017
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Scientists use supercomputer to search for "memory molecules"
Until now, searching for genes related to memory capacity has been comparable to seeking out the proverbial "needle in a haystack." Scientists at the University of Basel made use of the CSCS supercomputer Piz Daint to discover ...
Oct 23, 2017
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