July 2013 – Tonegawa Laboratory

Kerri Smith

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By Azeddine Tahiri

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Posted July 26, 2013

Melding Two Memories Into One

From Science Friday: Reporting in Science, researchers write of linking a mouse's innocuous memory of a room with a more fearful memory of getting an electric shock—causing the mouse to freeze in [...]

Scientists Trace Memories of Things That Never Happened

The vagaries of human memory are notorious. A friend insists you were at your 15th class reunion when you know it was your 10th. You distinctly remember that another friend was at your wedding, [...]

Neuroscientists plant false memories in the brain

MIT study also pinpoints where the brain stores memory traces, both false and authentic. The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found [...]