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Hormone important in recognizing familiar faces

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Oxytocin, a hormone involved in child-birth and breast-feeding, helps people recognize familiar faces, according to new research in the January 7 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Study participants who had one dose o ...





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Social memory in Drosophila

Social memory in Drosophila

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Positive social interactions exist within Drosophila: when in a group, Drosophila flies have better memory than when they are isolated. Thomas Preat's team at the Laboratoire de Neurobiologie (CNRS, France) ...


Scientists study social memory formation

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created Apr 03, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of Canadian and French scientists has identified the internal part of the prefrontal cortex as key to memorizing social information.


Active social life may delay memory loss among US elderly population

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created May 29, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

One of the features of aging is memory loss, which can have devastating effects on the quality of life among older people. In a new study, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found evidence that elderly people ...


Can exercising your brain prevent memory loss?

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Participating in certain mental activities, like reading magazines or crafting in middle age or later in life, may delay or prevent memory loss, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy ...


How we remember each other

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created Apr 03, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers at McGill University’s Douglas Mental Health University Institute, in collaboration with a French team at the University of Paris, have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify the part of the brain that ...


Unrealistic optimism prompts risky behavior

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unrealistic optimism about drinking behavior can lead to later alcohol-related problems, according to research published in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), the official monthly journa ...


Remembrance of tussles past: paper wasps show surprisingly strong memory for previous encounters

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created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

With brains less than a millionth the size of humans', paper wasps hardly seem like mental giants. But new research at the University of Michigan shows that these insects can remember individuals for at least a week, even ...


Research study describes the role part of the brain plays in memory

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created Jul 17, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A research with experimental rats carried out by the Institute of Neuroscience of the UAB describes the brain region connected to how our declarative memory functions.


Think memory worsens with age? Then yours probably will

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created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Thinking your memory will get worse as you get older may actually be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that senior citizens who think older people should perform poorly ...


Emotion and scent create lasting memories -- even in a sleeping brain

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created Oct 16, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 0

When French memoirist Marcel Proust dipped a pastry into his tea, the distinctive scent it produced suddenly opened the flood gates of his memory.



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