The hippocampus, the memory-forming center of the brain, generates new neurons throughout our lives. As time goes by, the older neurons compete with the new ones so that we sometimes remember a long ago event at the same time as we remember a more recent event if the triggers are similar. An example of this… Continue reading Keeping New Memories Separate from Old Ones as We Age
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Bad Memories Turned Good
Recalling an emotional experience, even years later, can bring back the same intense feelings. Researchers from the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics n Japan have revealed the brain pathway that links external events to the internal emotional state, forming one memory by engaging different brain areas. The study published in August 2014 the journal Nature also demonstrates that the positive or negative emotional valence of memory can be reversed during later memory recall.