Neuroscience
How Emotional Memories are Stored
Report of an interesting study at Duke on how emotional memories are stored long term.
Tuesday, March 8, 2005 | DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers exploring the brain structures involved in recalling an emotional memory a year later have found evidence for a self-reinforcing "memory loop" -- in which the brain's emotional center triggers the memory center, which in turn further enhances activity in the emotional center.
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/news/cabeza_0305.html
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Fresh Doubt Cast On Memories Of Abuse Recovered In Therapy
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Tapping Into People's Earliest Memories
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P25 And Memory Functioning
From the BBC, a report about a recent research study published in the journal Neuron:'Jekyll and Hyde' dementia clue BBC 10 December 2005 [snip] In the study, the researchers "switched on" p25 at will in the brain's learning and memory centre,...
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Drs. Brenda Milner And Endel Tulving Honored
From The Globe and Mail:Award recognizes Canadian memory research Cognitive neuroscientists Brenda Milner of McGill University in Montreal and Endel Tulving of the University of Toronto are recipients of the 2005 Gairdner Awards By JORDAN PRESS Saturday,...
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Emotional Control In The Brain??
Again from the mailing list of friends of colleagues, etc. Isn't the Internet grand? Anyway ... Emotional Control Circuit Of Brain's Fear Response Discovered (press release) Source: Columbia University Medical Center Date: September 22, 2006 Columbia...
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