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Learning and Memory
Learning: is the process of acquiring new knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences. Memory: is the part of the brain where information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed.
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JAN 07, 2016Neuroscience
While it might be difficult to actively recall and remember events that happened when you were very young, as it turns o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 14, 2015Neuroscience
While studies on fitness and childhood obesity are quick to blame video games for the lack of activity in the lives of c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 08, 2015Neuroscience
Watching television isn’t what it used to be. With cable networks, satellite programming and streaming services li ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 04, 2015Videos
Space travel is the thing of the future. NASA and other space agencies are creating goals for having people travel deep ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 30, 2015Health & Medicine
There are plenty of ways exercise improves brain health. It boosts mood, contextual memory, and the ability to distingui ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 28, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists at the University of New South Wales have identified how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 25, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
To predict breast cancer progression, doctors have turned to mathematics and computer programming. Using these unconvent ...NOV 11, 2015Neuroscience
The term “earworm” is used to describe what if feels like when a song gets stuck in your head. It’s ha ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 10, 2015Neuroscience
Can you pass this memory test? Without looking at your cell phone write down the phone numbers of your two closes ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 04, 2015Immunology
Previously thought to create immunotolerance, scientists from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapo ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 04, 2015Neuroscience
Video games, online role-playing games and even just some of the board game apps on a smartphone are played by millions ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 29, 2015Neuroscience
The saying “You are what you eat” is proving pretty accurate in regards to diet and brain health. Two studie ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 20, 2015Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease effects millions of people worldwide. According to Alzheimer’s Disease International the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 02, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s disease is described as a type of dementia that causes ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 01, 2015Neuroscience
Choosing whether or not to buy a lottery ticket is one example of making a decision where some risk is involved. Dodging ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 30, 2015Neuroscience
Memory is an amazing thing. The brain has to process so much information that comes in, decode it and then store it some ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 28, 2015Neuroscience
Video games can get a bad rap when the talk turns to how much time children spend on them. Everything from AD/HD to chil ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 23, 2015Neuroscience
The diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a controversial one. Rates of children being diagnosed with ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 16, 2015Neuroscience
An Australian study published in the journal BMC Medicine and reported in Bioscience Technology claims that people ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Neuroscience
A German-French team has developed a light-sensitive switch to regulate a protein involved in the neurobiology of synapt ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Neuroscience
The brain can compartmentalize and hide traumatic experiences in a special chemical pathway, according to a new study. L ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 12, 2015Neuroscience
Losing a critical receptor in a special class of inhibitory neurons in the brain may cause neurodevelopmental disorders, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 27, 2015Neuroscience
"Sleeping on it" may have new meaning if researchers from the University of Exeter (in the United Kingdom) and the Basqu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 21, 2015Neuroscience
Psychologists know that adults learn from experience in order to gain a reward, get to the finish line faster or avoid a ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JAN 07, 2016
Neuroscience
While it might be difficult to actively recall and remember events that happened when you were very young, as it turns o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 14, 2015
Neuroscience
While studies on fitness and childhood obesity are quick to blame video games for the lack of activity in the lives of c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Watching television isn’t what it used to be. With cable networks, satellite programming and streaming services li
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 04, 2015
Videos
Space travel is the thing of the future. NASA and other space agencies are creating goals for having people travel deep
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2015
Health & Medicine
There are plenty of ways exercise improves brain health. It boosts mood, contextual memory, and the ability to distingui
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists at the University of New South Wales have identified how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 25, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
To predict breast cancer progression, doctors have turned to mathematics and computer programming. Using these unconvent
...
NOV 11, 2015
Neuroscience
The term “earworm” is used to describe what if feels like when a song gets stuck in your head. It’s ha
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Can you pass this memory test? Without looking at your cell phone write down the phone numbers of your two closes
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 04, 2015
Immunology
Previously thought to create immunotolerance, scientists from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 04, 2015
Neuroscience
Video games, online role-playing games and even just some of the board game apps on a smartphone are played by millions
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 29, 2015
Neuroscience
The saying “You are what you eat” is proving pretty accurate in regards to diet and brain health. Two studie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease effects millions of people worldwide. According to Alzheimer’s Disease International the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 02, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s disease is described as a type of dementia that causes
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Choosing whether or not to buy a lottery ticket is one example of making a decision where some risk is involved. Dodging
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory is an amazing thing. The brain has to process so much information that comes in, decode it and then store it some
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Video games can get a bad rap when the talk turns to how much time children spend on them. Everything from AD/HD to chil
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 23, 2015
Neuroscience
The diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a controversial one. Rates of children being diagnosed with
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 16, 2015
Neuroscience
An Australian study published in the journal BMC Medicine and reported in Bioscience Technology claims that people
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Neuroscience
A German-French team has developed a light-sensitive switch to regulate a protein involved in the neurobiology of synapt
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain can compartmentalize and hide traumatic experiences in a special chemical pathway, according to a new study. L
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Losing a critical receptor in a special class of inhibitory neurons in the brain may cause neurodevelopmental disorders,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 27, 2015
Neuroscience
"Sleeping on it" may have new meaning if researchers from the University of Exeter (in the United Kingdom) and the Basqu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 21, 2015
Neuroscience
Psychologists know that adults learn from experience in order to gain a reward, get to the finish line faster or avoid a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider