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Distorting memories helps the brain remember

February 22, 2021 brain, Distorting, helps, memories, remember, the

In order to remember similar events, the brain exaggerates the difference between them. This results in divergent brain activity patterns

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Here’s why memories come flooding back when you visit places from your past

October 25, 2019 back, Come, flooding, From, Here's, memories, Past, places, Visit, when, Why, you., your

We all know our memories get worse as time goes on—your recollection of what you did yesterday is probably a

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Extinguishing fear memories relies on an unusual change to DNA

February 19, 2019 an, Change, DNA, Extinguishing, fear, memories, on, relies, to, unusual

QBI researchers have discovered a DNA modification that enhances our ability to extinguish fear. The findings, published in the journal

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Selective amnesia: How rats and humans are able to forget distracting memories

November 7, 2018 able, amnesia:, and, Are, distracting, forget, How, humans?, memories, rats, Selective, to

Our ability to selectively forget distracting memories is shared with other mammals, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge.

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You can’t ‘erase’ bad memories, but you can learn ways to cope with them

October 11, 2018 'erase', bad, but, Can, can't, cope, learn, memories, them, to, ways, with, you.

The film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind pitched an interesting premise: what if we could erase unwanted memories that

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Eye movements take edge off traumatic memories

September 5, 2018 edge, eye, memories, movements, off, take, traumatic

Two human experiments published in JNeurosci demonstrate that a widely used yet controversial psychotherapy technique suppresses fear-related amygdala activity during