Feb 15, 2017 by News Staff

A team of neuroscientists at the University of Toronto in Canada has discovered a reason why we often struggle to remember small details of past experiences....

Dec 8, 2016 by News Staff

Around 50% of us are susceptible to believing we’ve experienced fictitious events, according to an international team of researchers led by Dr. Alan...

Sep 13, 2016 by News Staff

A new study published in the Psychological Bulletin reveals that collaborating in a group to remember information is harmful. Group work can harm memory,...

Jul 19, 2016 by News Staff

An international group of researchers from Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands has demonstrated an atomic-scale memory device with a storage density of...

Jun 17, 2016 by News Staff

A new study in the journal Current Biology shows that physical exercise after learning improves memory and memory traces, but only if the exercise is done...

Dec 22, 2015 by News Staff

A group of scientists led by Imperial College London researcher Michael Johnson has identified two ‘gene networks’ associated with human cognitive...

Jun 1, 2015 by News Staff

According to a group of researchers led by Prof Susumu Tonegawa from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, memories that have been lost as a result of...

Feb 26, 2015 by News Staff

When recalling memories, some individuals can remember items incorrectly. Tiny, buzzing little insects known as bumblebees can be unreliable witnesses...

Oct 27, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists headed by Dr Scott Small of Columbia University, flavanols – naturally occurring bioactives found in the cacao...

Jan 16, 2014 by News Staff

By using the same experimental framework normally applied to test learnt behavioral responses in animals, biologists from Australia and Italy have successfully...

Sep 23, 2013 by News Staff

A team of scientists reporting in the journal Biological Psychiatry has been able to erase dangerous drug-associated memories in mice and rats without...

Aug 7, 2013 by News Staff

According to marine biologist Dr Jason Bruck of the University of Chicago’s Institute for Mind and Biology, bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)...

Jul 26, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists from Japan and the United States have shown that they can plant false memories in the brains of genetically modified mice. The team identified...

Jul 17, 2013 by News Staff

Biologists led by Dr Don Arnold and Dr Richard Roberts from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, have released an astonishing picture of...

Jun 29, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists have demonstrated that a novel, drug-like molecule called ISRIB (integrated stress response inhibitor) can improve cognitive memory in mice. ISRIB-treated...

Apr 18, 2013 by News Staff

A team of neuroscientists from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston reversed memory loss in nerve cells of the California sea hare (Aplysia...

Apr 12, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a study conducted by Dr Jemma McCready and Dr Mark Moss from the University of Northumbria, England, the aroma of rosemary oil may improve...

Apr 1, 2013 by News Staff

A team of researchers led by Dr Marcelo Wood from the University of California at Irvine has discovered a new molecular mechanism that helps trigger long-term...

Feb 15, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new study in mice led by Prof Bo Li of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory examines how fear responses are learned, controlled, and memorized. The findings...

Apr 26, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of researchers has found that a high intake of flavonoid-rich berries, such as strawberries and blueberries, over time, can delay...