Flickering Light Can Slow Alzheimer's Disease, MIT Scientists Say

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How your memory really works, and how it changes as you age

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February 10, 2024

How to teach this paper: ‘Creating a false memory in the hippocampus,’ by Ramirez and Liu et al. (2013)

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February 6, 2024

Brain Discovery Reveals Universal Pattern Among Humans and Other Species

January 24, 2024

How does Alzheimer’s disease erode memory? New findings on risk gene offer insights

A 3 by 2 array of panels shows a top row of brain tissue squares in which black streaks are very clear. In the bottom row the streaks are less clear.
January 7, 2024

The Number Five Is Nothing Like the Number Four

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December 16, 2023