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Aug 25, 2021 · Understanding memory may help us treat Alzheimer’s; understanding reward-seeking may help address addiction; understanding emotions may provide new clues about preventing depression.
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Mar 24, 2022 · Inside the Mystery of Memory. Research tells us what we remember about our everyday lives. Posted March 24, 2022 |Reviewed by Tyler Woods. Key points. Memory for what we do is accurate and...
Today researchers understand that memory is somehow written in the vast number of connections — synapses — between neurons in the brain. These connections can strengthen through use, a process that is widely believed to encode the memory. But 50 years ago there was scant evidence of these processes.
Mar 9, 2016 · 50 years have refined a basic understanding of the brain, but scientists are still exploring how memories form, change and persist.
Memory itself is still something of a mystery, but it basically consists of physical changes in the brain that encode a representation of past experiences. Those memory traces — known as engrams — can be accessed to reconstruct the past, albeit imperfectly.
Mar 14, 2024 · For many years, researchers assumed babies’ brains are simply not mature enough to form lasting memories. Theories have abounded as to whether this is a biological immaturity or something more psychological, such as a lack of a sense of oneself as an individual or the ability to use language.
Jan 26, 2022 · Memory still looms as a big mystery in science. No scientist is perfectly sure how the brain physically sorts and stores all the information — and all the types of information — that gets...
