A collaboration between SISSA's Physics and Neuroscience groups has taken a step forward in understanding how memories are stored and retrieved in the brain. The study, recently published in Neuron, ...

Exploring the mechanisms involved in sleep-dependent memory storage, a team of cellular biologists found that RNAs associated with an understudied cell compartment in hippocampal neurons vary greatly ...

One month after learning, new myelin (green) has been added to existing myelination (magenta) in the medial prefrontal cortex of an adult mouse. Image credit: Chan & Kheirbek labs Most memories fade ...

Scientists have long suspected that hormones quietly tune how the brain learns, but the idea of a single, hidden “switch” has ...

Learning programs the brain. It is nature’s way to create simultaneously both “hardware” and “software” for the brain. Neuroscientists have long known that learning experiences change the functional ...

If you've ever wanted to improve your memory, then science has a few proven tips for you, from healthy living habits to creative memorization techniques.

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) workloads is forcing a fundamental redesign of data center infrastructure ...

On August 29, 2019 I put on a workshop on Emerging Memories and Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University put on by the Stanford Center for Magnetic Nanotechnology and Coughlin Associates. We had ...