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You started learning to speak before being born

You started learning to speak before being born

Why do we speak? Why don't we just communicate with gestures, since sign language is just as delicate and detailed a way to communicate as the spoken language? One major reason spoken language may have become dominant over gesture lies in how our senses develop before birth. Long

What every parent should know about their teenager's naps and memory

What every parent should know about their teenager's naps and memory

Neuroscience has long shown that sleep plays a critical role in how the brain encodes, stores, and retrieves memories. While full overnight sleep is essential for long-term brain health and learning, researchers are investigating if even brief naps can change brain function and memory performance in meaningful ways. Particularly they

Index and concept neurons - the brain's meticoules librarians

Index and concept neurons - the brain's meticoules librarians

The hippocampus - our brain-main-library When you meet a friend in a café, certain neurons in your hippocampus activate to recognize key details, such as your friend’s face and the setting. The hippocampus is the main structure in the brain responsible for organizing and retrieving memories. It binds together

Why do some new words stick in our memory while others don't?

Why do some new words stick in our memory while others don't?

Have you ever come across a word for the first time and remembered it instantly, while others seem to slip away the moment you read them? By studying how the brain processes unfamiliar words, called pseudowords, researchers have now uncovered key insights into how we store and recall language. Among

Forgetting part II: Error in our brain's ability to forget stuff impact mental health

Forgetting part II: Error in our brain's ability to forget stuff impact mental health

The human brain is an astonishing machine, storing and managing a vast number of memories every day. This process is driven by a complex network of billions of brain cells, which work together to preserve, and retrieve information. When we learn something new, specific neurons undergo physiological changes, creating a

Forgetting part I: Remember to forget - how our brain deletes memories

Forgetting part I: Remember to forget - how our brain deletes memories

The human brain is a system designed to store and recall huge amounts of information throughout a lifetime. At the heart of this process are our brain cells, called neurons, the brain’s fundamental units. When we acquire new information, specialized memory neurons that store the specific memory change. They