Handwriting engages motor, language, and attention systems, activating the brain more fully than typing. Writing by hand ...
Despite a century of research, memory encoding in the brain has remained mysterious. Neuronal synaptic connection strengths are involved, but synaptic components are short-lived while memories last ...
Recent psychological research reveals that certain forms of strong memory can make people more prone to distortion, anxiety, and poor decisions, all while making them feel smarter and more accurate ...
One of the most widely accepted models for how cells remember their identity may be incorrect. This is shown in a new study ...
Pleasant or aversive events are better remembered than neutral events. Emotional enhancement of episodic memory has been linked to the amygdala in animal and neuropsychological studies. Using positron ...
In a new study, researchers report they can manipulate how the brain encodes and retains emotional memories. The scientists found that focusing on the neutral details of a disturbing scene can weaken ...
It has long been known as the arbiter of reward in the brain, but recent findings could upend this classic theory of dopamine ...
The destruction of cultural heritage in the war-torn nation threatens to distort the past and present beyond recognition, ...
Researchers found a major histone modification linked to Polycomb proteins is not required for repressing developmental genes ...
Dementia is irreversible. But doctors have now discovered a precursor to the devastating illness that could be key to stopping it before it takes hold.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Companies that manufacture autonomous vehicles, industrial robotics, delivery robots and drones may benefit from a patent-pending Purdue University innovation that outperforms ...
Scientists observe a visible time crystal for the first time, revealing a phase of matter that repeats patterns through time.