How does the brain think?
Our brains have billions of highly calibrated nerve cells or neurons, and each neuron has thousands of connections to other neurons.
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Joseph Shavit
May 29, 2022
Just being exposed to new things makes people ‘ready to learn’
Before they enter a classroom, people learn to identify commonplace objects like a “dog” and a “chair” just by encountering them in life.
Joseph Shavit
May 25, 2022
Scientists identify how the brain links memories
Our brains rarely record single memories—instead, they store memories into groups so that the recollection of one memory triggers others.
Joseph Shavit
May 21, 2022
Cranberries can improve memory and ward off dementia
Adding cranberries to your diet could help improve memory and brain function, and lower ‘bad’ cholesterol – according to new research.
Joseph Shavit
May 16, 2022
Strange dreams might help your brain learn better, study finds
During sleep, we commonly experience two types of sleep phases, alternating one after the other: non-REM sleep and REM sleep.
Joseph Shavit
Mar 13, 2022
Loneliness linked to memory decline, study says
Scientists report certain people who feel lonely over a sustained period of time may experience elevated decline in verbal memory skills.
Joseph Shavit
Mar 10, 2022
How does the brain make memories?
In a Cedars-Sinai study, researchers have discovered two types of brain cells that play a key role in dividing continuous human experience.
Joseph Shavit
Mar 8, 2022
How does the human brain create memories?
Researchers have identified two types of cells in our brains that are involved in organizing discrete memories based on when they occurred.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 27, 2022
Simple memory test could signal Alzheimer’s disease years before symptoms show
A simple memory test could pick up the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease well before symptoms start to show, scientists say.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 24, 2022
Fast and secure: New security technique fools would-be cyber attackers
MIT researchers has devised a new approach that allows memory sharing while providing strong security against side-channel attacks.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 22, 2022
When it comes to visual memory, size matters
Research shows for the first time that in natural vision, visual memory of images is affected by the size of the image on the retina.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 14, 2022
Why do we forget? New theory proposes ‘forgetting’ is actually a form of learning
Counter to the general assumption that memories simply decay with time, ‘forgetting’ might not be a bad thing, according to scientists.
Joshua Shavit
Dec 26, 2021
An element of surprise is the recipe for creating false memories
It turns out that human memory can be edited on the fly, creating memories that are nowhere near set in stone.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 3, 2021
Tiny 5D optical disc stores 500TB of data for billions of years
Hard drives and flash storage have gotten more reliable over the years, but only on a human timescale. What if we need longer data storage.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 27, 2021
New research “sniffs out” how memories are formed
The ability to remember relationships between unrelated items (an odor and a location, a song and an event) is known as associative memory
Joseph Shavit
Sep 18, 2021
Do certain sounds make you smile? Study lists the Top 40 memory-triggering sounds for adults
A study found that a waterfall, bird songs and waves crashing on a beach are among the sounds that can bring back happiest memories.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 12, 2021
Stanford discovery paves the way to ultrafast, energy-efficient computing
Scientists have spent decades searching for faster, more energy-efficient memory technologies for everything from data centers to mobile.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 5, 2021
Researchers develop brain-inspired memory device
The idea of using multiple switching in a single element draws inspiration from how the brain works and fundamentally reimagines the design
Joseph Shavit
Aug 19, 2021
How people manipulate their own memories
People remember past experiences through the so-called episodic memory system and can manipulate their memories on three levels.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 4, 2021
Scientists uncover brain's switching system used in information processing and memory
A team of scientists has uncovered a system in the brain used in the processing of information and in the storing of memories
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