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Mental 'time travel' may help restore fading memories
By RJ Mackenzie published
A new study suggests that recalling the context in which a memory was made can help to restore the memory after it has started to erode.

Memories aren't static in the brain — they 'drift' over time
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A new mouse study of spatial memory suggests that the brain's representation of places "drifts" over time.

New pocket-size model of ALS 'breathes and flows like human tissue'
By Isha Ishtiaq published
A stem-cell-based "organ-on-a-chip" model of ALS mimics early biological changes seen in the degenerative disease.

Can your brain run out of memory?
By Roberta McLain published
Your memory relies on reusing, overlapping and adapting rather than on a fixed number of storage spots.

Can adults make new brain cells? New study may finally settle one of neuroscience's greatest debates
By Theresa Sullivan Barger published
Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing controversy in neuroscience.

Zapping the brain may help boost math skills, study hints
By RJ Mackenzie published
A study suggests that carefully controlled electrical stimulation of the brain may improve math skills, most significantly in people with weaker connections in a specific part of the brain.

Ketamine may treat depression by 'flattening the brain's hierarchies,' small study suggests
By Jane Palmer published
Ketamine leads to increased communication between areas of the brain that don't typically engage with each other, new research suggests.

1 psychedelic psilocybin dose eases depression for years, study reveals
By Jane Palmer published
Half a decade after receiving a psychedelic treatment for depression, two-thirds of patients in a new study remained in remission.

Does the color purple really exist?
By Alice Sun published
The color purple is, in a way, invented by our brains.

Star-shaped brain cells may underpin the brain's massive memory storage
By Manuela Callari published
A new machine learning model shows that star-shaped brain cells may be responsible for the brain's memory capacity, and someday, it could inspire advances in AI and Alzheimer's research.
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