From the University of Iowa press release: Exercise seems to endow a wealth of benefits, from the release of happiness-inducing hormones to higher physical fitness. New research shows it may… Read more »
From the Salk Institute press release: Star-shaped cells called astrocytes help the brain establish long-lasting memories, Salk researchers have discovered. The new work adds to a growing body of evidence… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Voters may form false memories after seeing fabricated news stories, especially if those stories align with their political beliefs, according to research… Read more »
From the University of Warwick press release: For centuries understanding how the order of events is stored in memory has been a mystery. However, researchers from the Department of Computer… Read more »
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: Increasingly, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research has focused on the preclinical stage, when people have biological evidence of AD but no or minimal symptoms,… Read more »
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Physical manifestations of negative memories in the hippocampus could underlie cognitive symptoms of depression, according to research in mice published in JNeurosci. Inhibiting these… Read more »
From the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University press release: The brain has a knack for safekeeping our most treasured memories, from a first kiss to a child’s birth. In a… Read more »
From the Johns Hopkins University press release: Some older adults without noticeable cognitive problems have a harder time than younger people in separating irrelevant information from what they need to… Read more »
From the California Institute of Technology press release: Why is it that you can remember the name of your childhood best friend that you haven’t seen in years yet easily… Read more »
From the Boston University press release: What if scientists could manipulate your brain so that a traumatic memory lost its emotional power over your psyche? Steve Ramirez, a Boston University… Read more »
