_ Brain Health Keeping New Memories Separate from Old Ones as We Age By Sondra Forsyth article The hippocampus, the memory-forming center of the brain, generates new neurons throughout our lives. As time goes by, the older … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Bad Memories Turned Good By Sondra Forsyth article 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.