Exceptional memory linked to bulked-up parts of brain

Link: Exceptional memory linked to bulked-up parts of brain

Like the fictional detective Carrie Wells on the TV show Unforgettable, some real-life people can remember every day of their lives in detail. Those superrememberers have more bulk in certain parts of their brains, possibly explaining the remarkable ability to recall minutiae from decades ago, researchers said November 13 at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.

Can Memories Be Counted?

Link: Can Memories Be Counted?

The series Too Hard for Science? discusses ideas scientists would love to explore that they think are difficult or impossible to investigate.

The Scientist: Robert Stickgold, director of the Center for Sleep and Cognition at Harvard Medical School.

Brain circuits connected with memory discovered

Link: Brain circuits connected with memory discovered

A new study published last week in Science reveals the discovery of a brain pathway that helps us link events that happen close together and play a role in memories.The research, led by Dr. Junghyup Suh from the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology found the connection between the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex. The entorhinal cortex receives the information from areas around the brain and then passes the information to the hippocampus.

Nerve Protein Linked to Learning and Memory

Link: Nerve Protein Linked to Learning and Memory

Can the nerve signaling inhibitor tomosyn help retain long-term memory? A new study by two University of Illinois at Chicago biologists points to the link.

Hippocampus plays bigger memory role than previously thought

Link: Hippocampus plays bigger memory role than previously thought

Human memory has historically defied precise scientific description, its biological functions broadly but imperfectly defined in psychological terms. In a pair of papers published in the November 2 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at the University of California, San Diego report a new methodology that more deeply parses how and where certain types of memories are processed in the brain, and challenges earlier assumptions about the role of the hippocampus.