For years neuroscientists have focused on the brain’s neurons as its principal creators of memory and thought. But what if ...

New research suggests the brain uses a learning rule at inhibitory synapses to block out distractions during memory replay.

Source: Genny Anderson/Wikipedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 According to the reigning neuroscientific view, short-term memory is linked to functional changes in existing synapses, while long-term ...

The microscopic anatomical model of the whole brain and detailed ... that have radically changed scientists’ basic understanding of memory function. His case was significant because it provided ...

Researchers created a computer model that simulates the interaction between the thalamus — which assists with short-term memory — and the basal ganglia in the human brain, revealing the strategies ...

This is the finite filing cabinet model of memory, in which you toss out one set of memory to make room for new information. It's not one that has had much credence in neuroscience. Memories have ...

Recent Discoveries Interestingly, it is recent work in this exact domain that has put into doubt the idea of synaptic conductance as the basic memory mechanism. Studies by David Glanzman at the ...