Sleep helps the mind learn complicated tasks and helps people recover learning they otherwise thought they had forgotten over the course of a day, research at the University of Chicago shows.
Using a test that involved learning to play video games, researchers showed for the first time that people who had “forgotten” how to perform a complex task 12 hours after training found that those abilities were restored after a night’s sleep. [continue reading…]
CBS programme 60 Minutes featured this report called Brain Power. People who are completely paralyzed due to illness or trauma are getting help communicating with a new technology that connects their brains to a computer. Scott Pelley reports
Source:CBS News
Following on with the theme of memory….. the brain can store a vast number of memories, so why can’t we find these memories when we need to? A new study provides insights into this question. Edward K. Vogel and Trafton Drew look at a recently published study by Timothy F. Brady, a cognitive neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Click here to read this Scientific American article
Source: Scientific American
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Scientists have devised a way of eradicating bad memories in a study that raises the prospect of treating people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. New and old memories have been selectively and safely removed from mice by scientists. [continue reading…]
