A baby zebrafish is just half the size of a pea. A recent look inside its transparent brain, however, offers clues to the far bigger mystery of how we remember—and how we forget. In an experiment that ...
Neuroscientist and novelist Genova (Still Alice) delivers a solid primer on the way memory works and fails to work. She proposes that “once we understand memory and become familiar with how it ...
Understanding how brains actively erase memories may open new understanding of memory loss and aging, and open the possibility of new treatments for neurodegenerative disease. The fragrance of hot ...
Revue des études slaves, Vol. 86, No. 1/2, VILLES POSTSOCIALISTES ENTRE RUPTURE ÉVOLUTION ET NOSTALGIE (2015), pp. 157-169 (15 pages) This essay is not about Kafka's Prague - a veritable industry of ...
Researchers find evidence that neural systems actively remove memories, which suggests that forgetting may be the default mode of the brain. Decades of research have focused on how the brain acquires ...
Arts Uproars: Open, Shut, Fired, Down for the Count, and Nowhere to Be Found Manchán Magan, Keeper of the Irish Language Audio By Carbonatix I wish I could prescribe Lisa Genova’s new book, Remember: ...
Earlier this year, 20-year-old Vishvaa Rajakumar memorized 80 random numbers in 13.5 seconds—roughly six numbers per second. This feat helped him win the Memory League World Championship, a tournament ...