memories

New research has revealed that memory formation in the brain is likely due to the formation of new connections between engram cells, emphasizing the importance of synaptic wiring changes in learning and memory storage.What mechanism allows our brains to incorporate new information and form memories? Research led by Dr. Tomás Ryan from Trinity College Dublin reveals that learning involves the ongoing creation of new connections between specific engram cells across various brain regions.We are always learning, either…

A single-celled organism with no brain or nervous system to speak of may still form memories and pass those memories on to future generations, according to new research.The ubiquitous bacterium, Escherichia coli, is one of the most well-studied life forms on Earth, and yet scientists are still discovering unexpected ways that it survives and spreads.Researchers at the University of Texas and the University of Delaware have now uncovered a potential memory system that allows E. coli to 'remember' past experiences for…

A new study has found that iron levels trigger the formation of a kind of ‘memory’ in bacteria that drives their subsequent behavior. Moreover, the memory is passed on to future generations. The discovery has potential application in the prevention of bacterial infections and addressing the issue of antibiotic resistance.Our long-term memory functions as a site for the storage and retrieval of learned knowledge, which allows us to integrate incoming new information. But can brainless bacteria remember their previous…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As possibilities have changed and technology has advanced, memories and nostalgia are now a significant part of our use of social media. This is shown in a study from the University of Gothenburg and University West, published in Social Media + Society. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg…

There is a houseplant, the hanging saxifrage, that in German is known – or used to be known – as Judenbart, “Jew’s beard”. This is not to be confused with the species of tradescantia still known in English as “the wandering Jew” – Google it, and you will find articles of advice for gardeners with unselfconscious titles such as “methods for the control of wandering Jew”. The Judenbart is mentioned twice in Walter Kempowski’s An Ordinary Youth, first published in 1971 and now appearing for the first time in English…

The memories have come tumbling out. The little girl who played in a Dublin park. The teenager who sat on school steps strumming a guitar. The pop star who leaned out of a record company’s limousine in Washington DC to shout joyous insults at the Pentagon.Ireland is remembering Sinéad O’Connor – and grasping what it has lost. For some people in Glenageary and Dún Laoghaire – the south Dublin suburbs where the singer grew up – the news of her death still had an air of unreality on Thursday.For almost four decades O’Connor…

In a development that seems to be straight out of Christopher Nolan's Inception, scientists and researchers have discovered that false memories can be implanted by showing people deepfaked clips of movie remakes that were never actually made…

Samsung’s latest promotion for Galaxy S23 Ultra on its website contains memories of the disastrous Galaxy Note 7. This is one of the rare times that the Korean OEM mentions the Note 7 while promoting its latest generation smartphone. Back in 2016, Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 7. The phone landed with some unique features like a dual-sided curved display, HDR support, and iris recognition. While everyone expected the Note 7 to be a successor to the Galaxy Note 5, the phone hit hard with battery problems. As a result,…

New research shows that the memory and perception of childhood maltreatment have a greater influence on future mental health than the actual experiences. Those who remembered abuse or neglect had more episodes of depression or anxiety than those who didn’t remember, even with official maltreatment records. This highlights the importance of memory perception in identifying potential mental health issues and providing early interventions.A study published in JAMA Psychiatry has discovered that the way individuals remember…

The tiny foragers are also “remarkable learners” that can remember something after a single exposure to it, Crossley said. In the new study, the researchers peered deep into the snails’ brains to figure out what happened at the neurological level when they were acquiring memories.Coaxing MemoriesIn their experiments, the researchers gave the snails two forms of training: strong and weak. During strong training, they first sprayed the snails with banana-flavored water, which the snails treated as neutral in its appeal:…