Scientists in Austria are studying live human brain cells and comparing them to those of mice. Their findings raise new ...

Participants exposed to images that generated positive emotions show enhanced memory of meaningless symbols the following day ...

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Nuri Jeong remembers the feeling of surprise she felt during a trip back to South Korea, while visiting her grandmother, ...

A new study published in Nature Metabolism has uncovered a surprising mechanism in the brain that helps explain why people ...

Nearly 50 years ago, neuroscientists discovered cells within the brain’s hippocampus that store memories of specific locations. These cells also play an important role in storing memories of events, ...

MIT researchers uncover how a single brain circuit stores memories, offering insights into learning, memory formation, and treatments for cognitive disorders.

By targeting hippocampal memory circuits, it may be possible to disrupt the memory triggers that drive consumption of unhealthy, calorie-dense foods.

Chettih et al. (2024) identified “barcode”-like activity in the chickadee hippocampus during memory formation and suggested that barcodes function as memory indices. Barcodes are sparse, ...

Neuroscientists have successfully used a sophisticated brain-imaging system to reactivate a specific memory circuit in mice.