All Articles Tagged As: memories

When your memories can no longer be trusted (5/31/2008)

The experience of false memories, known as confabulation, appears centered in the inferior medial prefrontal cortex ...> Full Article

Of culture and tool use: tap into your left parietal cortex (4/30/2008)

Functional MRI is showing that a person's pantomiming or performing a task involving tools draws from the brain's left hemisphere, and that becomes a problem when a brain injury is involved ...> Full Article

Locating a 'Free Choice' Brain Circuit (4/19/2008)

Scientists searching for the circuitry that activates your ability to execute a decision ...> Full Article

Decoupling through Synchrony (4/17/2008)

In the brain, as in sports, sex, and life, timing--and teamwork--are everything. Such is the message of a series of studies by researchers that offer insight into the processes by which memories are stored in the brain and that may someday guide the development of new therapies to prevent epileptic seizures. ...> Full Article

Genetic Tags Reveal Secrets of Memories' Staying Power in Mice (2/25/2008)

A better understanding of how memory works is emerging from a newfound ability to link a learning experience in a mouse to consequent changes in the inner workings of its neurons. Researchers, supported in part by the National Institutes of Health"s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), have developed a way to pinpoint the specific cellular components that sustain a specific memory in genetically-engineered mice. ...> Full Article

Study Identifies New Patterns of Brain Activation Used in Forming Long-Term Memories (2/23/2008)

Researchers at New York University and Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science have identified patterns of brain activation linked to the formation of long-term memories. The study, which appeared in the journal Neuron, also offered an innovative and more comprehensive method for gauging memories. It asked subjects to recall the content of a television sit-com, which more accurately simulated real-life experiences because it required retrieving material that occurs in more complex settings than typically exist in a laboratory environment. ...> Full Article

Yes, dear: Romantic relationships can make you defensive, 'avoidant' (2/16/2008)

Some people in relationships tend to be defensive and avoid prickly discussions and even words like "divorce"-something that can lead to anxiety later, a University of Michigan researcher says. ...> Full Article

Very Young Found To Process Fear Memories In Unique Way (2/8/2008)

Very young brains process memories of fear differently than more mature ones, new research indicates. The findings appear in the Feb. 6 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The work significantly advances scientific understanding of when and how fear is stored and unlearned, and introduces new thinking on the implications of fear experience early in life. ...> Full Article

New tool probes brain circuits (1/27/2008)

Method applied to learning/memory pathway ...> Full Article

Popular opinion not always so popular (1/13/2008)

Whether you're a voter choosing the next president, a manager making policy decisions or a consumer selecting a brand, it's likely your decision is influenced by the opinions of others. ...> Full Article

Study Identifies Where Thoughts Of Familiar Objects Occur Inside the Human Brain (1/4/2008)

Experts Trained Algorithm To Extract Patterns From Participants' Brain Activation Scans ...> Full Article

What's the Rush? Taking Time to Acknowledge Loss is not that Bad (12/22/2007)

There are two guarantees in every person's life: happiness and sadness. Although lost opportunities and mistaken expectations are often unpleasant to think and talk about, these experiences may impact personality development and overall happiness. A seven-year study conducted by Laura King, a researcher at the University of Missouri, indicates that individuals who take time to stop and think about their losses are more likely to mature and achieve a potentially more durable sense of happiness. ...> Full Article

Research Finds Voters' Bodies Recoil at Negative Political Advertising; Brain Remembers Negative Messages (12/14/2007)

As the great race begins, professor discusses physiological impact of negative campaign advertising. ...> Full Article

Why can a stroke victim remember some things and not others? (12/3/2007)

The brain is the most beautifully complex organ in the human body. Three pounds of evolutionary genius, the brain provides both the hardware and software for controlling all behavior through an intricate system of synaptic messaging. But for all of its complexity, the brain is sustained by oxygen-rich arteries and blood vessels and can't survive without the free flow of blood to all of its lovely lobes and fissures, which is exactly what a stroke inhibits. When someone suffers a stroke, blood flow to that person's brain suddenly stops. The location of the stroke, how long the blood flow was interrupted, and the extent of the permanent damage will determine the stroke victim's long-term prognosis. ...> Full Article

Researchers find memory can be manipulated by photos (11/20/2007)

Viewing doctored photos leads to inaccurate conclusions about past events ...> Full Article

Research shows the brain's processing speed is significantly faster than real time (11/17/2007)

Scientists at The University of Arizona have added another piece of the puzzle of how the brain processes memory. ...> Full Article

Key to False Memories Uncovered (11/9/2007)

Neuroscientists say the places a memory is processed in the brain may determine how someone can be absolutely certain of a past event that never occurred. ...> Full Article

Memory-sustaining Enzyme May Help Treat PTSD, Cognitive Decline (11/3/2007)

Rat Memory Eraser Study Challenges Prevailing Theories ...> Full Article

Brain Waves That Distinguish False Memories From Real Ones Pinpointed (10/25/2007)

For the first time, researchers are able to pinpoint brain waves that distinguish true from false memories, providing a better understanding of how memory works and creating a new strategy to help epilepsy patients retain cognitive function. ...> Full Article

What emotional memories are made of (10/5/2007)

Mouse experiments reveal 'flight or fight' hormone's role ...> Full Article

The Memories You Want To Forget Are The Hardest Ones To Lose (8/17/2007)

Painful, emotional memories that people would most like to forget may be the toughest to leave behind, especially when memories are created through visual cues, according to a new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...> Full Article

Maturity Brings Richer Memories (8/8/2007)

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. ...> Full Article

Emotional Memories Can Be Suppressed With Practice (7/16/2007)

A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows people have the ability to suppress emotional memories with practice, which has implications for those suffering from conditions ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder to depression. ...> Full Article