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07/29/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

It’s true: Drinking alcohol IMPROVES memory recall, study shows

Drinking moderately in a social setting may improve short-term memory, says a scientific team from the University of Exeter. The researchers wrote on Scientific Reports that the overarching assumption that any form of alcohol intake is detrimental to health may need to be reconsidered. While excessive drinking is discouraged all throughout, social drinking may actually […]

07/22/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Researchers discover how to enhance memories during sleep… by triggering brain waves

In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers has discovered a way to enhance or impair memory during sleep. By triggering specific brain waves, researchers from the Center for Cognition and Sociality in South Korea’s Institute for Basic Science were able to nearly double long-term memory. The compelling new study, published in […]

07/17/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Testimony of eyewitnesses found to be easily altered by peer pressure … conformity outweighs memory

Groundbreaking research by forensic psychologist Dara Mojtahedi has found that eyewitness recollection can be distorted easily by other people’s views, and he is calling on courts and police to keep this in mind when considering the testimony of witnesses. In one study, he showed groups of volunteers, who would serve as “witnesses,” footage of a […]

06/15/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Human brain found to contain multi-dimensional holographic geometry that might be involved in forming memories

Despite tremendous technological advancements in recent years, there is still much about the human brain that scientists do not fully understand. One surprising recent study published in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience has shed new light onto just how complex the brain actually is, with research showing that some of the structures in this vital organ […]

06/05/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

MEMORY HOLE: U.S. scientists have developed a “memory wipe” enzyme that can erase memories forever

Are there any bad memories in your life that you wish you could simply erase? Researchers might have found a way to do exactly that thanks to the discovery of the enzyme in the brain that plays a pivotal role in storing long-term memories. They believe that this enzyme could be targeted in order to […]

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