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Master Controller of Memory Identified
January 6, 2012 — One gene appears to regulate the brain's ability to form new ... > full story -
Light Makes Write for DNA Information-Storage Device
January 5, 2012 — Researchers have demonstrated a write-once-read-many-times information-storage device, made of DNA embedded with silver nanoparticles, that uses ultraviolet light to encode ... > full story -
New Clues as to Why Some Older People May Be Losing Their Memory
December 29, 2011 — New research links 'silent strokes,' or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults to memory loss in the ... > full story -
Alzheimer's: Diet Patterns May Keep Brain from Shrinking
December 29, 2011 — People with diets high in several vitamins or in omega 3 fatty acids are less likely to have the brain shrinkage associated with Alzheimer's disease than people whose diets are not high in those ... > full story -
Sea Snails Help Scientists Explore a Possible Way to Enhance Memory
December 27, 2011 — Efforts to help people with learning impairments are being aided by a species of sea snail. The mollusk, which is used by researchers to study the brain, has much in common with other species ... > full story -
Habit Formation Is Enabled by Gateway to Brain Cells
December 21, 2011 — A brain cell type found where habits are formed and movement is controlled has receptors that work like computer processors to translate regular activities into habits, researchers report. "Habits, ... > full story -
Gauging Individual Human Memory from Scans of Brain's Hippocampus?
December 21, 2011 — The hippocampus is an important brain structure for recollection memory, the type of memory we use for detailed reliving of past events. Now, new research reveals characteristics of the human ... > full story -
Babies Remember Even as They Seem to Forget
December 19, 2011 — Fifteen years ago, textbooks on human development stated that babies of six months of age or younger had no sense of "object permanence" -- the psychological term that describes an infant's belief ... > full story -
What Determines the Capacity of Short-Term Memory?
December 15, 2011 — Short-term memory plays a crucial role in how our consciousness operates. Several years ago a hypothesis has been formulated, according to which capacity of short-term memory depends in a special way ... > full story -
Alzheimer's Drug Candidate May Be First to Prevent Disease Progression, Mouse Study Suggests
December 14, 2011 — A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer's disease, based on the findings of a new ... > full story
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