- During sleep, brain regions synchronize to create motor memory, new study finds https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/974905 3 comments science
- Scientists create new memories by directly altering neurons in the brain http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/166517-scientists-create-new-memories-by-directly-altering-neurons-in-the-brain 9 comments technology
- New research “sniffs out” how associative memories are formed — UCI-led team is first to discover how the brain creates memories of delicious smells https://news.uci.edu/2021/09/22/new-research-sniffs-out-how-associative-memories-are-formed/ 18 comments science
- A new transistor based on organic materials has been developed by scientists. It has the ability to learn, and is equipped with both short-term and long-term memory. The work is a major step on the way to creating technology that mimics the human brain and towards AI using organic electronics. https://liu.se/en/news-item/laraktig-transistor-harmar-hjarnan 25 comments science
- Neuroscientists have shown that an enzyme overproduced in the brains of Alzheimer's patients creates a blockade that shuts off genes necessary to form new memories. Furthermore, by inhibiting that enzyme in mice, the researchers were able to reverse Alzheimer's symptoms. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120229155534.htm 310 comments science
- New study overthrows decades of neuroscientists' understanding of memory: MIT research on mice brains found evidence of long-term memories being created at the same time as short-term memories. https://qz.com/960066/for-half-a-century-neuroscientists-thought-they-knew-how-memory-worked-they-were-wrong/ 6 comments science
- In a first, a protein-nanowire memristor ("memory transistor") has been operated at biological voltages (≤ 100 mV). By creating new branches and connections as it cycles, it can "emulate biological components for brain-inspired computing," with "a learning capability that is not software-based." https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/researchers-unveil-electronics-mimic-human 49 comments science
- Intermittent Fasting results in an increased activation of the Notch signaling pathway, a type of cell-to-cell communication. In humans, Notch signaling is related to hippocampal neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to create new connections, allowing us to learn and form new memories. https://www.psypost.org/2020/04/intermittent-fasting-might-boost-the-creation-of-new-neurons-in-a-key-brain-structure-56348 6 comments science
- New Study Creates New Memories by Directly Changing the Brain: It has shown that specific memories can be made by directly altering brain cells in the cerebral cortex, which produces the predicted specific memory. It's the first evidence that memories can be created by direct cortical manipulation http://www.parentherald.com/articles/2288/20130911/uci-led-study-creates-new-memories-directly-changing-brain.htm 330 comments science