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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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MAR 24, 2015Cardiology
Having a certain mindset-namely, a heartfelt purpose in life-can help insulate us as we age against the ravages of brain ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 19, 2015Cancer
UCLA researchers have developed a program that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast cancer by address ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 14, 2015Neuroscience
If extroverts needed another reason to talk about their behavior, a study identifying two types of extroverts gives them ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Pigeons might never ask noontime park-bench noshers to share their lunch, but the birds known for their relative intelli ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 11, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The human connectome can be described as a map of the millions of connections between all of the neurons in the brain. M ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 10, 2015Neuroscience
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 09, 2015Neuroscience
Conventional wisdom suggests that part of the reason it can be difficult to make decisions is because of the number of c ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 05, 2015Neuroscience
A study from Harvard Medical School researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital revea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 27, 2015Microbiology
Bacteria don't have intellect, but that doesn't stop them from recalling the past. Specifically, those times they're bom ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 25, 2015Neuroscience
Two areas of the brain - the hippocampus (yellow) and the prefrontal cortex (blue) - use two different brain-wave freque ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 24, 2014Genetics & Genomics
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia - the oldest medical schoo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 17, 2014Neuroscience
As the population ages, victims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are growing in number at a very fast rate. It's estimated th ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 15, 2014Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 02, 2014Health & Medicine
A study from researchers at Loma Linda University presented at the April 2014 Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego ...Written By: Peter MicheliJAN 06, 2014Neuroscience
"Brain Training" programs and apps have been gaining in popularity in recent years. For those of you who thought that's ...OCT 13, 2013Health & Medicine
A new brain connectivity study from Penn Medicine published today in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences fou ...
MAR 24, 2015
Cardiology
Having a certain mindset-namely, a heartfelt purpose in life-can help insulate us as we age against the ravages of brain
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 19, 2015
Cancer
UCLA researchers have developed a program that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast cancer by address
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 14, 2015
Neuroscience
If extroverts needed another reason to talk about their behavior, a study identifying two types of extroverts gives them
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Pigeons might never ask noontime park-bench noshers to share their lunch, but the birds known for their relative intelli
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 11, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human connectome can be described as a map of the millions of connections between all of the neurons in the brain. M
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 09, 2015
Neuroscience
Conventional wisdom suggests that part of the reason it can be difficult to make decisions is because of the number of c
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 05, 2015
Neuroscience
A study from Harvard Medical School researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital revea
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 27, 2015
Microbiology
Bacteria don't have intellect, but that doesn't stop them from recalling the past. Specifically, those times they're bom
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 25, 2015
Neuroscience
Two areas of the brain - the hippocampus (yellow) and the prefrontal cortex (blue) - use two different brain-wave freque
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 24, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia - the oldest medical schoo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 17, 2014
Neuroscience
As the population ages, victims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are growing in number at a very fast rate. It's estimated th
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUL 15, 2014
Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 02, 2014
Health & Medicine
A study from researchers at Loma Linda University presented at the April 2014 Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JAN 06, 2014
Neuroscience
"Brain Training" programs and apps have been gaining in popularity in recent years. For those of you who thought that's
...
OCT 13, 2013
Health & Medicine
A new brain connectivity study from Penn Medicine published today in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences fou
...