The Global Syndicator - memory

Major Step Forward In Understanding How Memory Works

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:43:15 +0000

Our ability to remember the objects, places and people within our environment is essential for everyday life, although the importance of this is only fully appreciated when recognition memory beings to fail, as in Alzheimer’s disease.

New MIT tool probes brain circuits

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:21:21 +0000

Researchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT report in the Jan. 24 online edition of Science that they have created a way to see, for the first time, the effect of blocking and unblocking a single neural circuit in a living animal.

Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:21:06 +0000

Practice makes perfect — or at least that’s what we’re told as we struggle through endless rounds of multiplication tables, goal kicks and piano scales — and it seems, based on the personal experience of many, to be true.

Research shows the brain’s processing speed is significantly faster than real time

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:13:01 +0000

Scientists at The University of Arizona have added another piece of the puzzle of how the brain processes memory. Bruce McNaughton, a professor of psychology and physiology, and his colleague David Euston have shown that, during sleep, the reactivated memories of real-time experiences are processed within the brain at a higher rate of speed.

Vaccine thwarts the tangles of Alzheimer’s

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:02:35 +0000

A new study by NYU Medical Center researchers shows for the first time that the immune system can combat the pathological form of tau protein, a key protein implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers, led by Einar Sigurdsson Ph.D.

Brain as memory machine

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:27:18 +0000

What happens in our brains when we learn and remember” Are memories recorded in a stable physical change, like writing an inscription permanently on a clay tablet” Prof. Yadin Dudai, Head of the Weizmann Institute’s Neurobiology Department, and his colleagues are challenging that view.

Maturity brings richer memories

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:57:13 +0000

MIT neuroscientists exploring how memory formation differs between children and adults have found that although the two groups have much in common, maturity brings richer memories.In the August 5 adva

A natural compound found in fruits, cocoa and tea enhances memory in mice

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:03:24 +0000

A natural compound found in blueberries, tea, grapes, and cocoa enhances memory in mice, according to newly published research. This effect increased further when mice also exercised regularly. “Thi

Memory Restored In Mice Through Enriched Environment: New Hope For Alzheimer’s

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:03:30 +0000

Mice whose brains had lost a large number of neurons due to neurodegeneration regained long-term memories and the ability to learn after their surroundings were enriched with toys and other sensory stimuli, according to new studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers.

To understand the big picture, give it time — and sleep

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:50:44 +0000

Memorizing a series of facts is one thing, understanding the big picture is quite another. Now a new study demonstrates that relational memory — the ability to make logical “big picture” inferen

New research shows why too much memory may be a bad thing

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:50:44 +0000

New research from Columbia University Medical Center may explain why people who are able to easily and accurately recall historical dates or long-ago events, may have a harder time with word recall or remembering the day’s current events.

Flavanols in cocoa may offer benefits to the brain

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:50:11 +0000

A special cocoa made to retain naturally occurring compounds called flavanols may have the potential to help maintain healthy brain function and chart the course for future research that could lead to

Imaging pinpoints brain regions that ’see the future’

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:36:06 +0000

Human memory, the ability to recall vivid mental images of past experiences, has been studied extensively for more than a hundred years. But until recently, there’s been surprisingly little research into cognitive processes underlying another form of mental time travel — the ability to clearly imagine or “see” oneself participating in a future event.

Longevity gene keeps mind sharp

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:08:17 +0000

A gene variation that helps people live to a ripe old age also appears to preserve memory and thinking power, US work suggests. The “longevity” gene alters the size of fatty cholesterol particles in the blood, making them bigger than normal.

Part Of Human Brain Functions Like A Digital Computer

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:12:22 +0000

A region of the human brain that scientists believe is critical to human intellectual abilities surprisingly functions much like a digital computer, according to psychology Professor Randall O’Reilly of the University of Colorado at Boulder.