Scientists at the University of California Irvine (UCI), in the United States, have discovered fascinating differences in the brains and mental processes of an extraordinary group of people capable of remembering effortlessly - and in great detail - every moment of their lives since they were 10 years old.
Exposure to high intensity noises, even if they are not enough to cause damage to the ear, affect memory and learning processes, according to a study published in the journal Brain Research. The researchers, from the Center for Pharmacological and Botanical Studies (Buenos Aires, Argentina), worked with rats between 15 and 30 days old, which is equivalent to ages between 6 years and adolescence of a human being.
A team of scientists from the Pablo de Olavide University (Seville) has managed to erase memories in laboratory mice, as they have declared at the VIII Congress of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) held in Barcelona. Specifically, the researchers prevented the animals from remembering the association between two stimuli that they had previously learned.
A British study published in the journal Current Biology suggests that the brain of London taxi drivers changes as they learn to navigate the 25,000 streets of the city and identify the destinations most requested by tourists and businessmen, usually from three or four years at the wheel.
Jonathan Swift tells in "Gulliver's Travels" that in the Great Lagado Academy, located in the imaginary country of Lapot, the students remembered the mathematical formulas by writing them with a special ink on wafers and then devouring them on an empty stomach. Although in real life memorizing is not so easy, we suggest some simple techniques to improve your retention.
Stress can alter the development of various parts of the brain in children and adolescents, and impair certain abilities such as spatial and short-term memory, according to a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
If your memory fails, you may have smoked too much this weekend. This is clear from a recent study by Northumbria University that indicates that "social smokers", that is, who only smoke around 20 cigarettes on weekends, usually in the company of friends and family, suffer damage to their memory identical to those who use tobacco daily.
Forgetting things is as common an event as remembering them, however very little is known about what happens in our brain when we lose our memory. Now, a study published in the journal Neuron has described the molecular signal processing that takes place in neurons to regulate the acquisition and loss of memories in insects, and that could be extrapolated to functioning in humans.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
