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Altered Brain Activity Responsible for Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia
March 20, 2013 Cognitive problems with memory and behavior experienced by individuals with schizophrenia are linked with changes in brain activity; however, it is difficult to test whether these changes are the ... > full story -
Sleep Consolidation of Interfering Auditory Memories in Starlings
March 20, 2013 Sleep plays an important role in the brain’s ability to consolidate learning when two new potentially competing tasks are learned in the same day, according to a new study that measured ... > full story -
Fantastic Flash Memory Combines Graphene and Molybdenite
March 19, 2013 Scientists have combined two materials with advantageous electronic properties -- graphene and molybdenite -- into a flash memory prototype that is very promising in terms of performance, size, ... > full story -
Gone but Not Forgotten: Yearning for Lost Loved Ones Linked to Altered Thinking About the Future
March 18, 2013 People suffering from complicated grief may have difficulty recalling specific events from their past or imagining specific events in the future, but not when those events involve the partner they ... > full story -
Food Memories Can Help With Weight Loss
March 18, 2013 Psychologists have found that using memories of recent meals reduces the amount of food eaten later on. It also found that being distracted when eating leads to increased ... > full story -
Self-Assembled Nanostructures Enable a Low-Power Phase-Change Memory for Mobile Electronic Devices
March 18, 2013 Nonvolatile memory that can store data even when not powered is currently used for portable electronics such as smart phones, tablets, and laptop computers. Flash memory is a dominant technology in ... > full story -
New Microscope Measures Nanomagnet Property Vital to 'Spintronics'
March 15, 2013 Researchers have developed a new microscope able to view and measure an important but elusive property of the nanoscale magnets used in an advanced, experimental form of digital memory. The new ... > full story -
Mechanical Micro-Drum Used as Quantum Memory
March 13, 2013 Researchers have demonstrated that information encoded as a specific point in a traveling microwave signal -- the vertical and horizontal positions of a wave pattern at a certain time -- can be ... > full story -
Immune Cells Cluster and Communicate 'Like Bees,' Researcher Says
March 13, 2013 The immune system's T cells, while coordinating responses to diseases and vaccines, act like honey bees sharing information about the best honey sources, according to a new ... > full story -
Tickling the Brain With Magnetic Stimulation Improves Memory in Schizophrenia
March 12, 2013 Cognitive impairments are disabling for individuals with schizophrenia, and no satisfactory treatments currently exist. These impairments affect a wide range of cognition, including memory, ... > full story
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