memory
Yerkes researchers present at 40th Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference
Neuroscience researchers from the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, will present a wide range of research topics at the Society for Neuroscience’s 40th annual meeting in San Diego, Nov. 13-17, 2010. The information below is …
Bilingualism delays onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms
Toronto, Canada — A Canadian science team has found more dramatic evidence that speaking two languages can help delay the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms by as much as five years.
The latest study, led by Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute, exam…
New research from Psychological Science
A Spontaneous Self-Reference Effect in Memory: Why Some Birthdays Are Harder to Remember Than Others (http://pss.sagepub.com/content/21/10/1525.abstract)
Selin Kesebir and Shigehiro Oishi
People may have a better memory for birthdays that are cl…
False memories of self-performance result from watching others’ actions
Did I turn off the stove, or did I just imagine it? Memory isn’t always reliable. Psychological scientists have discovered all sorts of ways that false memories get created, and now there’s another one for the list: watching someone else do an actio…
New process promises to revolutionize manufacturing of products
WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010) – A new “smart materials” process – Multiple Memory Material Technology – developed by University of Waterloo engineering researchers promises to revolutionize the manufacture of diverse products such as med…
Pavlov?s Flies: Researchers Identify Fruit Fly Memory Mutants
By teaching fruit flies to avoid an odor and isolating mutant flies that can?t remember their lessons, researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York have identified dozens of genes required for long-term memory. In the same study, using DNA chip technology, the scientists identified another large group of candidate memory genes that are either switched on or off in the fly brain during memory formation.