The barrel cortex, a specialised region within the rodent somatosensory cortex, plays a central role in the processing of tactile information derived from the whiskers. Recent studies have elucidated ...
Associative learning was always thought to be regulated by the cortex of the cerebellum, often referred to as the "little brain". However, new research from a collaboration between the Netherlands ...
Has the scent of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies ever taken you back to afternoons at your grandmother's house? Has an old song ever brought back memories of a first date? The ability to remember ...
Reward-based choices pervade our lives and range from whether to get a cup of tea instead of coffee to whether to become an organ donor. To choose effectively, we must evaluate the potential ...
Researchers describe biological mechanism that allows sleep to build relational memories -- associations between unrelated items. Relational memory is the ability to remember arbitrary or indirect ...
Has the scent of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies ever taken you back to afternoons at your grandmother's house? Has an old song ever brought back memories of a first date? The ability to remember ...