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Memory News

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  The Mechanisms of Memory

  March 9, 2010

  It’s not a unique situation in scientific research to have a hypothesis disputed. But finally having visual evidence that basically closes the books on decades of scientific debate is a unique and sweet success. For… more>

  categories: graduate, faculty research, graduate research

  tags: biological sciences, biomedical engineering, brain, enzyme, learning, magazine, memory, michel baudry, natural sciences

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  Mind Games

  December 1, 2008

  These days older adults are turning to a variety of methods to keep their brains active and maintain their cognitive abilities: Crossword puzzles. Sudoku. Nintendo has even created “Brain Age,” a video game billed… more>

  categories: graduate

  tags: aging, brain, memory, psychology, social sciences

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  Richard Thompson Wins Lashley Award

  September 1, 2007

  Richard Thompson, holder of the William M. Keck Chair in Biological Sciences in USC College and one of the leading behavioral neuroscientists in the world, will receive the 2007 Karl Spencer Lashley Award from the American… more>

  tags: award, memory, psychology

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  Memory: The Long and Short

  March 1, 2006

  New book explores memories made, stored and lost By Eva Emerson March 2006 “Memory is the most amazing phenomenon in nature. The fact that we can remember literally billions of bits of information — facts,… more>

  categories: research

  tags: book, memory, psychology