Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, ...

Changes to one's hippocampus, the brain's memory centre, in response to prolonged pain could be an important factor for why ...

A new study has found that running changes gut bacteria and lowers a key receptor in the brain’s memory center. That link ...

Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the Stowers Institute has identified the mechanism that makes a fleeting moment ...

Neuroplasticity is the brain's limitless power to learn, remember and create. Neuroplasticity is the process through which thoughts, experiences, and actions transform the brain. This ability of the ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Forgetting small everyday details can feel alarming. Yet doctors say many of these moments are linked to stress, sleep loss, ...

Your brain’s habit of replaying the same song on a loop is not a glitch so much as a side effect of how memory, reward and attention are wired. The same circuitry that helps you recognize a friend’s ...

According to a study published on ScienceDirect, emotional suppression is associated with negative effects such as anxiety, ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

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