This 5-Second Pinky Exercise To Reduce Dementia Is Going Viral — And Neurologists Have Thoughts
Could staving off memory loss be as simple as strategically wiggling your pinky fingers around every day? That’s…
People Were Fitted With Wings in VR and Their Brains Started Treating Them Almost Like Body Parts
Credit: Pexels Twenty-five volunteers put on VR headsets, moved their arms and twisted their wrists. On screen, feathered…
Brain’s Gatekeepers Remember Signals to Shape Long-Term Memory
Summary: A new study reveals how calcium ion channels in the brain don’t just relay signals—they remember them.…
Light Exercise Boosts Memory via Dopamine and Noradrenaline
Summary: New research reveals that even light exercise, like jogging or yoga, activates key neurotransmitter systems that enhance…
How Memories Take Shape at the Synapse Level
Summary: A groundbreaking new technique called EPSILON allows researchers to map the proteins involved in memory formation with…
Synapses Use Multiple Learning Rules to Encode New Information
Summary: New research reveals that individual neurons follow multiple learning rules simultaneously, challenging the long-held belief that synaptic…