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Tag Archives for: "Brain and Cognitive Sciences"
 How we recall the past
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In In The News
Posted August 17, 2017

How we recall the past

When we have a new experience, the memory of that event is stored in a neural circuit that connects several parts of the hippocampus and other brain structures. Each cluster of neurons may store [...]

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 In the brain, timing is everything
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Press Releases
Posted January 23, 2014

In the brain, timing is everything

Study reveals how the brain links memories of events that occur one after the other. Suppose you heard the sound of skidding tires, followed by a car crash. The next time you heard such a skid, [...]

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 Schizophrenia linked to abnormal brain waves
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Press Releases
Posted October 16, 2013

Schizophrenia linked to abnormal brain waves

Neuroscientists discover neurological hyperactivity that produces disordered thinking. Schizophrenia patients usually suffer from a breakdown of organized thought, often accompanied by delusions [...]

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 Neuroscientists plant false memories in the brain
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Press Releases
Posted July 25, 2013

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 [...]

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 Researchers show that memories reside in specific brain cells
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Press Releases
Posted March 22, 2012

Researchers show that memories reside in specific brain cells

Simply activating a tiny number of neurons can conjure an entire memory. Our fond or fearful memories — that first kiss or a bump in the night — leave memory traces that we may conjure up in the [...]

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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Press Releases
Posted December 31, 2011

Picower researchers illuminate the gap between experience and association

Cambridge, Ma - In the moments after lightning streaks through the sky, we wait for the clap of thunder that experience has...

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By Azeddine Tahiri
In In The News
Posted December 23, 2010

The ‘preplay’ button

Nature’s neuroscience podcast reporter Kerri Smith interviews via telephone George Dragoi regarding the research paper, “Preplay of future place cell sequences by hippocampal cellular [...]

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By Azeddine Tahiri
In In The News
Posted April 10, 2010

Potential to harness a newly uncovered mechanism of learning

By examining how we learn and store memories, Australian and American scientists have uncovered a new mechanism of learning that might prove useful in helping people who have lost their capacity [...]

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