Category: Neuroscience

Study suggests infants are already using the hippocampus to recognize and learn patterns

From the Yale University press release: One trait shared by all humans is that they don’t remember specific life episodes that occurred before the age of 3 or 4. Many… Read more »

Researchers suggest new theory for what’s happening in the brain when something looks familiar

From the University of Pennsylvania press release: When a person views a familiar image, even having seen it just once before for a few seconds, something unique happens in the… Read more »

Study suggests strangeness of our dreams helps our brains generalize day-to-day experiences

From the Cell Press press release: The question of why we dream is a divisive topic within the scientific community: it’s hard to prove concretely why dreams occur and the… Read more »

Study links psychosis to genetic change affecting brain immune system

From the Karolinska Institutet press release: New research at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests a link between psychosis and a genetic change that affects the brain’s immune system. The study… Read more »

Study suggests Mediterranean diet might protect against memory loss and dementia

From the DZNE – German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases press release: In Alzheimer’s disease, neurons in the brain die. Largely responsible for the death of neurons are certain protein deposits… Read more »