Spending a whole night without shutting an eye triggers the dopamine levels in our brain. And this substance, linked to the sensation of euphoria and pleasure, is responsible for compensating for the lack of sleep by quickly awakening our neurons.
At the Center for Brain and Behavior Research at the University of Hafi (Israel) they have just found a foolproof method to improve memory fixation and dexterity: take a 90-minute nap in the middle of the afternoon.
Surely you have noticed that what happens to us in emotional states of fear or anger is better recorded in our memory than less dramatic or even joyful events. American researchers have identified the biological basis for this "pessimistic" memory preference, according to the journal Cell.
Founder of cognitive neuroscience and author of the book The ethical brain? We work on increasing memory, and also on erasing it? Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Gazzaniga directs the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. His publications are already reference reading, both for experts in the field and for lay people wanting to know how our organ of thought works.
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.
