High estrogen levels in brain may increase women's risk of stress-related memory issues

Experiencing multiple acute stresses at the same time, as in natural disasters or mass shootings, can leave lasting memory ...

Some neurons age early: Aging clock reveals molecules that protect against neurodegeneration

Using an aging clock, researchers from the University of Cologne have used the Caenorhabditis elegans model organism to demonstrate that nerve cells age differently. They identified both the causes of ...
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A clock that measures the aging of nerve cells finds molecules that protect against age-related neurodegeneration

Using an aging clock, researchers from the University of Cologne have used the Caenorhabditis elegans model organism to demonstrate that nerve cells age differently. They identified both the causes of ...
Technology Networks

Previously Unseen Learning Process Identified in the Hippocampus

Tracking neurons over weeks shows the hippocampus reorganizes memories as learning unfolds. Neural signals shift from reward ...
EurekAlert!

Hippocampus does more than store memories: it predicts rewards, study finds

A preclinical study published in Nature has found evidence that the hippocampus, the brain region that stores memory, also reorganizes memories to anticipate future outcomes. The findings, from ...
eLife

Identifying regulators of associative learning using a protein-labelling approach in Caenorhabditis elegans

An innovative and scalable proximity labelling method profiled proteins present in the Caenorhabditis elegans brain during learning, identifying known regulators as well as novel biological pathways.

Neuron position found less crucial for brain connectivity than once thought

The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

Scientists are learning how to interrupt pain before it forms

New research suggests pain is not a simple signal of injury but a process that unfolds across nerves, spinal cord, and brain.
Psychology Today

How Meaning Emerges From Brain Circuitry

How do electrical signals become "about" something? Through purely physical processes, neural networks transform activity ...
IEEE

Multi-valued neuron with a periodic activation function — Influence of l-periodic parameter over the learning process

Abstract: Multi-Value Neuron with a periodic activation function (MVN-P) represents an evolution of the Multi-Value Neuron (MVN) by introducing the concept of l-periodic occurrence of the possible ...
The Conversation

The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process

Niral Shah does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Gizmodo

Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, millions of people have started using large language models to access knowledge. And it’s easy to ...