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This Is What a Brain Looks Like When It's Forming Memories
Scienists put a tiny camera inside a mouse's hippocampus. Here's what they saw.
How Brains Wire Themselves to Expect Treats
While we can look at a pizza and immediately know that we want that tasty treat, how does that memory form?
I Asked My Dad, Who Has Dementia, to Annotate Jonathan Franzen’s ‘How to Be Alone’
When my father lost his memory to dementia, everything in the house around him became new. He often can’t remember how sitting in a chair traditionally works, but turning the chair upside down makes total sense. The rugs aren’t floor coverings any more...
Easter Island's Wonder Drug Could Make You Smarter
Easter Island is enchanting for many different reasons, but pharmaceutical innovation isn't the first one that springs to mind. Nevertheless, rapamycin, a drug found in the island's soil has become an object of researcher's fascination lately.
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