Memory

News and information about how the mind works and why memory is such a complex affair.

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Mother teaching her son to drive a bike.

How accurate are our first childhood memories?

By Joe Phelan published

Can we trust our earliest memories, or are they unreliable?

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close up of a hand hovering over piano keys, as if to play them

'Muscle memories' get 'zipped and unzipped' in the brain, like computer files

By Nicoletta Lanese published

A new study revealed what happens in the brain when people plan and execute learned movement patterns.

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Fluorescent protein chains produced by genetically-altered mouse neurons.

Secret inner workings of cells revealed through self-assembling 'memory' chains

By Harry Baker published

Researchers genetically altered mouse brain cells to produce physical timelines of their key events in the form of a self-assembling chain of fluorescent proteins.

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An image of the rat hippocampus taken with a laser microscope, showing small neurons in green, yellow and blue. The hippocampus is a key brain region for memory formation.

How does the brain store memories?

By Stephanie Pappas published

The brain stores memories by creating new circuits of communication between neurons. In particular, seahorse-shaped structures called hippocampi play an important role.

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A man grimaces and clutches his head.

Your Liver May Be 'Eating' Your Brain

By Christopher Wanjek last updated

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Fetuses Have Memories

By Rachael Rettner last updated

Researchers have found evidence for short-term memory in 30 week old fetuses

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woman leaving post-it notes on her computer

How to improve your memory

By Karen Gordon published

reference It’s never too late to boost your gray matter. Discover how to improve your memory and keep your brain sharp

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illustration of a human brain made up of very thin lines, like a mesh

'Secret code' behind key type of memory revealed in new brain scans

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Scientists used brain scans to unlock the secrets of working memory.

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Nelson Mandela visits Hlengiwe School_Louise Gubb via Getty Images

What is the Mandela effect? And have you experienced it?

By Joe Phelan published

The Mandela effect is when many people believe that something happened when, in reality, it never did.

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Illustration of brain cells showing electrical firing.

Synthetic brain cells that store 'memories' are possible, new model reveals

By Rebecca Sohn published

Scientists have created key parts of synthetic brain cells that can hold cellular "memories" for milliseconds. The achievement could one day lead to computers that work like the human brain.

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