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Picower Institute researchers discovered that a molecule called A11 combats inflammation in the brain amid Alzheimer's disease. For example, A11-treated Alzheimer's model mice (right) showed much less tau protein (green staining), a hallmark of disease pathology, than untreated controls (left).

Molecule reduces inflammation in Alzheimer’s models

Categories Brain & Behavior

Complex sugar molecules control the formation of perineuronal nets (shown here in green) that surround neurons to help stabilize connections in the brain.

Sugars affect brain ‘plasticity,’ helping with learning, memory, recovery

Categories Brain & Behavior

Woman playing CandyCrush-like game on iPhone

Digital puzzle games could be good for memory in older adults, study shows

Categories Brain & Behavior, Technology

UC Irvine researchers (left to right) Michael Leon, Cynthia Woo and Michael Yassa participated in the study.

Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

Categories Brain & Behavior

A child dressed as a scientist. Pixabay

Consumers give too much credit to products’ ‘scientifically studied’ claims

Categories Social Sciences

Brain illustration

New theory better explains how the brain stores memories

Categories Brain & Behavior

Illustration representing self-compassion.

Kindness meditation helps people with depression recall positive memories

Categories Brain & Behavior

Pi on a blackboard Credit: geralt

Search is on for ‘super memorisers’ to help scientists unlock the secrets of memory

Categories Brain & Behavior

Neurons

Memories could be lost if two key brain regions fail to sync together, study finds

Categories Brain & Behavior

A bee above a purple flower

Making Beelines

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In the classical Hopfield network (left), each neuron (I, j, k, l) is connected to the others in a pairwise manner. In the modified network made by Mr Burns and Professor Fukai, sets of three or more neurons can connect simultaneously.

What makes a neural network remember?

Categories Brain & Behavior, Technology

Nydia Ayala, left, and Andrew Smith in Psychology have developed a revised method for an eyewitness lineup.

Better eyewitness lineup improves accuracy, detecting innocence

Categories Social Sciences, Technology

Illustration by Boris Séméniako

Your memory may be better than you think

Categories Brain & Behavior

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