It turns out your brain does not care if a language is thousands of years old or freshly invented for a TV show. If it carries meaning about the world and the speaker’s thoughts, the brain’s language network treats it... View Article
Tag Archive: neuroscience
When we think of memory, we think of neurons. These wiry brain cells fire in complex circuits to help us recall names, faces, and where we left our keys. But a new study challenges that assumption. Researchers have discovered that... View Article
Think about your most vivid memory. Maybe it’s a childhood birthday, your first day at a new job, or an emotional moment. Why did that particular event stay with you while countless others vanished? According to a new review by... View Article
When we think about sleep, most of us imagine our brains quietly filing away the day’s memories. But new research suggests something more intriguing may be happening: your brain could be planning for the future. A team of scientists at... View Article
With so many new-age digital tools, we often rely on our phone’s camera roll storage to hold our memories and ideas. However, relying too heavily on devices can make our brains sluggish. Luckily, we have our own storage system lying... View Article
The human brain has a remarkable ability to keep track of a sequence of events, allowing us to properly recall the correct order in which things happened. Researchers have long suspected that neurons in the hippocampus, known as “time cells,”... View Article
In the 1970s, researchers John O’Keefe and Jonathan Dostrovsky discovered that certain cells in the hippocampus of rats were activated when the rats were in specific locations in their environment. These cells were dubbed “place cells” and are now known... View Article