The capacity of your memory is much higher than previously believed, researchers say. Salk Institute researchers and collaborators have achieved critical insight into the size of neural connections, putting the memory capacity of the brain far higher than common estimates. “This is a real bombshell in the field of neuroscience,” says Terry Sejnowski, Salk professor… Continue reading Researchers: Our Memory Capacity Is Extraordinary
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Give Up “Getting Over the Past”
Is there something in your past causing you pain and preventing you from fully experiencing joy in the present? Perhaps there is an upset with your partner you can’t seem to put behind you. It could be anything from a fight over dinner to a betrayal of trust. Whatever scenario you happen to be in,… Continue reading Give Up “Getting Over the Past”
Study Links Physical Activity to Better Memory Among Older Adults
Just in case you need one more reason to get up off the couch or the desk chair, a study done in November 2015 at the Boston University Medical Center has found that older adults who take more steps either by walking or jogging perform better on memory tasks than those who are more sedentary.… Continue reading Study Links Physical Activity to Better Memory Among Older Adults
Cancer Drug May Help with Alzheimer’s
New research shows that a cancer drug administered to rats improved their memory and made them more attuned to what they were hearing. And that could point the way to better treatment for Alzheimer’s. “Memory-making in neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s disease is often poor or absent altogether once a person is in the advanced stages… Continue reading Cancer Drug May Help with Alzheimer’s
Memories Can Be Lost – And Found
Scientists have identified a process in the brain that may eventually lead to new treatments for people with memory problems. The finding, published in the journal Nature Communications, was made by a team of researchers from Cardiff University in the UK. The investigators found that reminders could reverse the amnesia caused by methods previously thought… Continue reading Memories Can Be Lost – And Found
Positive Memories May Cure Stress-Induced Depression
Artificial reactivation of positive memories can suppress the effects of depression induced by stress, according to scientists at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics, a joint collaboration of RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan and MIT. The research, published in the journal Nature, shows how positive and negative memories interact in mood disorders, and… Continue reading Positive Memories May Cure Stress-Induced Depression
Can Arts, Crafts and Computer Use Preserve Your Memory?
People who participate in arts and craft activities and who socialize in middle and old age may delay the development in very old age of the thinking and memory problems that often lead to dementia, according to a new Mayo Clinic study published in the April 8TH, 2015 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal… Continue reading Can Arts, Crafts and Computer Use Preserve Your Memory?
Power Naps Produce a Significant Improvement in Memory Performance
Neuropsychologists at Saarland University in Germany have shown that even a brief sleep can significantly improve retention of learned material in memory. A release from the university explains that Sara Studte, a graduate biologist specializing in neuropsychology, working with her PhD supervisor Axel Mecklinger and co-researcher Emma Bridger, is examining how power naps influence memory… Continue reading Power Naps Produce a Significant Improvement in Memory Performance
This is Your Brain on a Mozart Violin Concerto
According to a study done at the University of Helsinki in 2015, listening to classical music enhances the activity of genes involved in dopamine secretion and transport, synaptic neurotransmission, learning and memory, and down-regulates the genes mediating neurodegeneration. Several of the up-regulated genes have previously been shown to be responsible for song learning and singing… Continue reading This is Your Brain on a Mozart Violin Concerto
Music Can Hurt Your Memory
Music, widely known as a good destresser, may actually make memory worse in older people, researchers have found. The study, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, asked younger and older people to listen to music while trying to remember names. The older adults remembered 10 percent fewer names than younger people when they listened to… Continue reading Music Can Hurt Your Memory
Men and Women Really Do Process Emotions Differently
Women rate emotional images as more emotionally stimulating than men do and are more likely to remember them. However, there are no gender-related differences in emotional appraisal as far as neutral images are concerned. These were the findings of a large-scale study by a research team at the University of Basel in Switzerland that focused… Continue reading Men and Women Really Do Process Emotions Differently
How A Protein Crucial To Learning and Memory Works
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found out how a protein crucial to learning works: by removing a biochemical “clamp” that prevents connections between nerve cells in the brain from growing stronger. The finding moves neuroscientists a step closer to figuring out how learning and memory work, and may one day lead to drugs or other… Continue reading How A Protein Crucial To Learning and Memory Works
Study: Patients Accurately Report Their Cognitive State
A device that measures the state of an aging brain is reliable and valid when patients themselves use it, according to a new study. The patient self-reporting version of the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor measures 27 items on a four-point scale to assess cognitive, psychological and functional symptoms. It operates in the same way… Continue reading Study: Patients Accurately Report Their Cognitive State
A New Therapy to Help with “Complicated Grief”
Targeted therapy may help millions of older women afflicted with a kind of grief that could lead to suicide. “Complicated grief,” as it’s known, affects an estimated 4 million women in the U.S. Beginning after the loss of a spouse or a close relationship, the condition can lead to an increased risk of suicide. Symptoms… Continue reading A New Therapy to Help with “Complicated Grief”