Alzheimer’s: memories could be recovered
© ThinkstockHere is a discovery that will give some hope to patients withAlzheimer's and their loved ones.Scientists from the Massachusetts ...
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Memory: researchers reactivate the memories of rats
© iStockTo be afraid, not to be afraid, to be afraid again. Researchers at the San Diego School of Medicine ...
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Get rid of bad memories by playing video games
© thinkstockPost-traumatic stress, which is twice as common in women as in men is caused by the experience of a ...
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Sleep consolidates bad memories
Contrary to popular belief that sleep could be restorative, after a traumatic or stressful event, it would be better to ...
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What if we could rewrite bad memories?
© istockDeceive Memory. Reverse the process by changing bad memories into bad ones and vice versa. The idea seems completely ...
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Traumatic memories: electroshock therapy could help
© iStockA scenario worthy of the movie Eternal Sunshine is about to become reality. Dutch scientists claim that it is ...
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Strong scents create precise memories
More the smellsare strong or the more they trigger emotions, the more they leave precise images in the brain, according ...
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Can’t put names to faces? Watch your sleep!
American scientists have discovered that "targeted reactivation of memory" during deep sleep can remember the first names of people recently ...
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Why cling to family heirlooms?
Our relationship to objects is very symbolic and emotional.Between moves, estates or children leaving home, everyday objects can be kept, ...
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We have identified the 103 neurons that keep our memories
These 103 neurons play a central role in how our memories are formed and recalled to us. Their discovery could ...
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Brain: we now know why a smell can remind us of a memory
Dopamine controls brain cells involved in associative memory. It is thanks to them that olfactory or auditory elements can remind ...
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How our brain builds our memory while we sleep
Thanks to a unique system that decodes brain activity during sleep, a research team has succeeded in deciphering the neural ...
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How our brain manages to make us travel in time
Our ability to recall memories would be exercised autonomously, thanks to temporal cells, shows a new study carried out by ...
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Memories, a matter of fatty acids
Saturated fatty acid levels unexpectedly increase in the brain during memory formation. THE ESSENTIAL Changes in saturated fat levels in ...
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The first memories date back to the age of 2 and a half years
When trying to remember the first memory, the human tends to date it incorrectly and to estimate it later than ...
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Taking pictures ruins the moment
People who take pictures memorize fewer details than those who look only with their eyes. THE ESSENTIAL The difference in ...
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What if we could erase traumatic memories?
According to American scientists, it would be possible to reduce the fear associated with trauma, by reactivating memories. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Brain: exaggerating the differences between two similar memories, to remember them better
Our brain would lead us to amplify the differences between two memories, when these correspond to similar events, in order ...
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Stimulate the brain to regain memory
It is possible to improve memory through transcranial magnetic stimulation, which can improve the management of memory disorders. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Why sleeping well helps you learn better?
Sleep helps to reinforce the integration into memory of what is learned throughout the day. Thanks to advances in neuroscience, ...
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Binge drinking: in the long term, it’s the memory that toasts!
Massive and rapid alcoholization, very common among young people, has repercussions on the memory capacities of the brain. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Psychology: to make children happy at Christmas, it is better to offer them memories rather than gifts
From the age of 12, children are happier to have a good time or to make new experiences than to ...
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The good surprises of memory: it does not decline so much with age and it is useful for understanding the future
Memory is not just about remembering. It is also important to better anticipate and monitor changes. THE ESSENTIAL Memories help ...
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Does nostalgia have benefits?
Being nostalgic does not mean being depressed, on the contrary, remembering the past with tenderness can be a source of ...
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Why do we remember some words better than others?
American researchers have discovered that our brain uses strategies similar to those of internet search engines to remember words and ...
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Ageing: seniors keep their memories to themselves
Contrary to popular belief and despite their life experience, it would seem that the elderly are not the most inclined ...
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What if our memories physically existed in our brains?
More than a hundred years ago, a theory postulated that memories were formed physically in our brains. The engram was ...
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Prospective memory maintenance would improve the autonomy of patients with multiple sclerosis
The more people with multiple sclerosis have difficulty with their prospective memory, the more this affects their autonomy. What if ...
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Collective memory shapes our personal memories
A French team of neuroscientists demonstrates, through brain imaging, the link between collective memory and personal memories.How, as individuals, do ...
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Alzheimer’s: gardening helps restore memories
Patients with Alzheimer's disease or any other form of dementia would derive real health benefits from spending time in a ...
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