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Manipulating mouse brains during sleep improved their ability to remember new experiences that would normally be forgotten—a ...

A new study led by cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Max Planck Institute for Human ...

Vividly imagining a positive interaction with someone can increase how much you like them — and even alter how your brain stores information about that person.

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