Study: Awake ripples enhance emotional memory encoding in the human brain. Image Credit: Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock.com During memory consolidations, amygdala-hippocampal connections affect ...

"Recognizing patterns from experiences over time is crucial for the human brain to form memory, predict potential future ...

Scientists have discovered a specific group of brain cells that create memories of meals, encoding not just what food was ...

The brain encodes negative memories more vividly due to evolutionary survival needs. Emotional circuitry prioritizes threats ...

Researchers identify "meal memory" neurons in laboratory rats that could explain why forgetting lunch leads to overeating.

A new model suggests that astrocytes might be used in computation, coordinating with neurons and connecting synapses in ...

From the same hippocampal dynamics, three subspaces were derived: one for co-occurrence novelty encoding ... in coordinating these processes. The human brain processes and integrates diverse ...

Encoding is the first stage of memory. It is the process by which the details of a person’s experience are converted into a form that can be stored in the brain. People are more likely to encode ...

Astrocytes, once thought to be the brain’s housekeepers, may actually be silent powerhouses of memory.

New research from MIT suggests that astrocytes - long considered support cells - may play a key role in the human brain's ...