From the Picower Institute at MIT press release: When you expect a really bad experience to happen and then it doesn’t, it’s a distinctly positive feeling. A new study of fear extinction training in mice…
From the Scripps Research Institute press release: Storing and retrieving memories is among the most important tasks our intricate brains must perform, yet how that happens at a molecular level remains incompletely understood. A new…
From the University of Tokyo press release: Can’t remember something? Try waiting until later in the day. Researchers identified a gene in mice that seems to influence memory recall at different times of day and…
From the Ohio State University press release: Along with partisan news outlets and political blogs, there’s another surprising source of misinformation on controversial topics — it’s you. A new study found that people given accurate…
From the University of Edinburgh press release: People who play games — such as cards and board games — are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later life, a study suggests. Those who regularly…
From the Colorado State University press release: For many, déjà vu is just a fleeting, eerie sensation that “I’ve been here before.” For others, it gets even eerier: In that moment of unsettling familiarity, they…
From the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science press release: An important aspect of human memory is our ability to conjure specific moments from the vast array of experiences that have occurred in…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release: How well eight-year-olds score on a test of thinking skills may be a predictor of how they will perform on tests of thinking and memory skills when…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release: Specialized brain activation “replays” the possible routes that rats can take as they navigate a space, helping them keep track of the paths they’ve already taken…
From the Abo Akademi University press release: Researchers from Åbo Akademi University, Finland, and Umeå University, Sweden, have for the first time obtained clear evidence of the important role strategies have in memory training. Training…