memory

Scientists identify machinery that helps make memories

harminka — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:09:50 -0500

A major puzzle for neurobiologists is how the brain can modify one microscopic connection, or synapse, at a time in a brain cell and not affect the thousands of other connections nearby. Plasticity, the ability of the brain to precisely rearrange the connections between its nerve cells, is the framework for learning and forming memories.

Memory function varies after damage to key area of brain

harminka — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:09:57 -0500

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered dramatic differences in the memory performance of patients with damage to the hippocampus, an area of the human brain key to memory.

Emotion and scent create lasting memories

harminka — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:04:57 -0500

When French memoirist Marcel Proust dipped a pastry into his tea, the distinctive scent it produced suddenly opened the flood gates of his memory.

Critical early step of memory formation discovered

harminka — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:18:47 -0500

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report in the July issue of Neuron how nerve cells in the brain ensure that Arc, a protein critical for memory formation, is made instantly after nerve stimulation.

Searching in space and minds

harminka — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:30:42 -0500

New research from Indiana University has found evidence that how we look for things, such as our car keys or umbrella, could be related to how we search for more abstract needs, such as words in memory or solutions to problems.

Protein essential in long term memory consolidation

admin_huliq — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:16:47 -0500

New research at the University of Haifa identified a specific protein essential for the process of long term memory consolidation. This is the latest of several discoveries that are leading us towards a better understanding of one of the most complex processes in nature – the process of memory creation and consolidation in the human brain.

Attention grabbers snatch lion's share of visual memory

harminka — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:31:38 -0500

Our visual memory is not as good as we may think, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust – but it can be used more flexibly than scientists previously thought.

How memory and spatial cognition are related

harminka — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:17:53 -0500

In a study that sheds new light on how memory and spatial cognition are related to each other in the brain, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Veteran Affairs (VA) San Diego Healthcare System studied memory-impaired patients as they navigated their environment.

IBM Research Develops Technology to Aid Human Memory

harminka — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:57:40 -0500

To help people remember key facts, today, IBM unveiled a software technology created in its Research Labs that uses the images, sounds, and text recorded on everyday mobile devices to help people recall names, faces, conversations and other important information.

Study of marine snail leads to new insights into long-term memory

harminka — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:21:14 -0500

UCLA cellular neuroscientists are providing new insights into the mechanisms that underlie long-term memory — research with the potential to treat long-term memory disorders.

Supercomputer explores biochemical landscape to find memory switches

harminka — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:39:45 -0500

Switches are a part of daily life, from snoozing your alarm, turning on the coffee maker, firing up your car engine, and so on until we turn off the lights at night. Researchers have now cataloged even more templates of possible switches within a living cell than we use throughout our day.

Hebrew University research on octopuses sheds light on memory

harminka — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:09:17 -0500

Research on octopuses has shed new light on how our brains store and recall memory, says Dr. Benny Hochner of the Department of Neurobiology at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.