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Babies Form Memories. Why Do Adults Forget Them?

Scientists have long thought that babies can’t form experiential memories. Turns out, they can. Adults just can’t remember them.

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How the Brain Selects What Experiences to Keep

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The Making of a Memory

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Icing Worms to Prolong Memory

Laura Tran, PhD | | 4 min read

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An Immune Mechanism Maintains Memory

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

Forget Something? You’re Supposed To Do That

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

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Sleep Rhythms Prompt Long-term Memories

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

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Infographic: Synaptic Plasticity in the Sea Slug

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | | 1 min read

Infographic: Beyond the Nucleus: mRNA Localization in Neurons

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | | 1 min read

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Defying Dogma: Decentralized Translation in Neurons

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | | 10+ min read

Disease Scent Signatures Disclose What the Nose Knows

Iris Kulbatski, PhD | | 4 min read

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Short-lived Molecules Support Long-term Memory

Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | | 3 min read

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Asthma Drug Helps Mice Retrieve Memories “Lost” to Sleep Deprivation

Zunnash Khan | | 4 min read

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Steve Ramirez Reshapes Memories in the Brains of Mice

Dan Robitzski | | 3 min read

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Daily Multivitamin May Slow Cognitive Decline in Seniors

Andy Carstens | | 2 min read

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Electrically Zapping Specific Brain Regions Can Boost Memory

Dan Robitzski | | 3 min read

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Dolphins May Remember Personal Experiences

Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | | 4 min read

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Brain Fluid from Youngsters Gives Old Mice a Memory Boost

Dan Robitzski | | 3 min read

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Dopamine Drives Bee Desires: Study

Natalia Mesa, PhD | | 3 min read

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Distracted Brains Better at Parsing Unfamiliar Languages: Study

Catherine Offord | | 2 min read

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Bacteria-Infecting Viruses in Gut Microbiome Linked to Cognition

Dan Robitzski | | 5 min read

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Neuroscientist Mortimer Mishkin Dies at 94

Lisa Winter | | 2 min read

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Alzheimer’s Risk Gene Paradoxically Protects Against Memory Loss

Chloe Tenn | | 2 min read

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