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The Traumatic Event Changed My Life Forever and How God Uses it
Last time I was writing my testimony I was living with my mom and step-dad again. The experience of staying out all night with my friend was the start of a change in me. I was ashamed and embarrassed by what happened. I could never tell mom the truth. I am the one who chose to go to the guy's house. So, I took the
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We’ve started to uncover the true purpose of dreams
For the first time, researchers have got evidence that dreams help soothe the impact of emotional events in our lives, acting like overnight therapy. By Rowan Hooper. (July 18, 2018)
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Could you have this memory disorder?
Susie McKinnon doesn’t remember being a child or remember being any age other than she is now: in her 60s. She can’t remember special events, either. She knows she went to her nephew’s wedding. She knows her husband went with her. But she can’t actually remember being there. In fact, she has very few memories from her life – but she doesn’t have amnesia.
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What Is Consciousness?
Scientists are beginning to unravel a mystery that has long vexed philosophers. By Christof Koch.
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'Memory transplant' achieved in snails
Memories are transferred from one snail to another in a laboratory. By Shivani Dave.
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This Is Where Your Childhood Memories Went
Your brain needs to forget in order to grow. By Ferris Jabr.
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An Ancient Virus May Have Given Humans the Ability to Form Memories
How does memory work? The further we seem to dive in, the more questions we stumble upon about how the function of memory first evolved. Scientists made a key breakthrough with the identification of the Arc protein in 1995, observing how its role in the plastic changes in neurons was critical to memory consolidation.
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Deadly Valentine
Charlotte Gainsbourg
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Study finds reading information aloud to yourself improves memory
You are more likely to remember something if you read it out loud, a study from the University of Waterloo has found. A recent Waterloo study found that speaking text aloud helps to get words into long-term memory. Dubbed the “production effect,” the study determined that it is the dual action of speaking and hearing oneself that has the most beneficial impact on memory.
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Positive, warm, trusting friendships may be key to slower decline in memory & cognitive functioning.
SuperAgers, 80+ year olds who have cognitive ability at least as good as people in their 50s or 60s, report more satisfying, high-quality relationships compared to cognitively average, same-age peers.
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On Unread Books
On the danger of talking about books you’ve neglected: an excerpt from the forthcoming book by the late Umberto Eco.
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History's 17 most bizarre amnesia cases.
Amnesia is a popular plot device in movies and television, but real-life instances of memory loss are arguably more bizarre than anything seen on the screen.
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Magpies can form friendships with people – here’s how
Magpies have long memories, and human behaviour towards them largely determines how they respond. By Gisela Kaplan.
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The Strange Similarity of Neuron and Galaxy Networks
Your life’s memories could, in principle, be stored in the universe’s structure. By Franco Vazza, Alberto Feletti.
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Memory-enhancing drug reverses effects of traumatic brain injury in mice.
If it works in humans, the compound could help reverse memory decline in patients.
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Why Aren’t You Laughing?
There was my sunny, likable mother, and there was the dark one who’d call late at night. Should we have intervened when her drinking got out of hand? By David Sedaris.
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Five Leading Theories of What Dreams Actually Are
Prophecies, memories, and more. By Drake Baer. (Oct. 10, 2016)
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Marijuana helps old mice learn new tricks—and remember them
Marijuana appears to improve the memory and learning abilities of old mice. Scientists discovered low doses of its main psychoactive ingredient—cannabinoid THC—can reverse the age-related decline in cognitive abilities, a finding that could lead to scientists figuring out a way of slowing brain aging in humans. Researchers are increasingly examining THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) for its potential medical benefits. In the U.K., Oxford University recently launched a £10 million ($13 million) program to...
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Study: Better memory makes people tire of experiences more quickly
We're fickle creatures. At least if we can remember to be, according to a new study led by a University of Kansas researcher of marketing and consumer behavior. "People with larger working memory capacities actually encode information more deeply," said Noelle Nelson, lead author of the work, which was published in the Journal of Consumer Research. "They remember more details about the things they've experienced, and that leads them to feel like they've had it more. That feeling then leads to the 'large-capacity' people getting tired of experiences faster."
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Beloved Curve — Using Double Exposures, Sarah Amy Fishlock Reflects on the Cycle of Life
Too often the humankind puts itself at the center of any reflection on the meaning of life, but the truth is our planet—not to speak about the entire universe—has existed since long before we came on to the scene, and will probably outlive us. The beauty of Beloved Curve, a recent conceptual photography series by 31 year-old Scottish photographer Sarah Amy Fishlock, is the simplicity with which it connects the existential theme of the incessant cycle of life to her grieving process for her father's death through the intelligent use of double exposures.
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