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For questions about the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information in the brain. This tag encompasses research all the way from the molecular level in model organisms to abstract mathematical representations, and includes applied learning paradigms and tasks.
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What happens in the brain that allows access to a previous unavailable memory?
There is, however, a large body of literature around memory recall in general, including detailed imaging studies, e.g., Heckers et al. (1999), Hall et al. (2001), Liu et al. (2012) and I'm sure there … will be much overlap between spontaneous and deliberate memory recall. …
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How does our brain remember reminders?
In other words, as far as I can see, this question basically asks how memory works. That question can fill libraries and would be out of scope here. …
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Can drugs cause positive reinforcement for undesirable tasks?
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Aversive stimuli can drive drug seeking.
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Central to your question is the dopamine circuit of the limbic system (Fig. 1), being crucial to the reward circuitry in the brain. O …
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Opposite of White Bear principle?
The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is associated with executive functions including working memory and selective attention (Lehner et al., 2016). …
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What is the learning/memory type which requires active contribution called?
They summarize that the opportunity to control the information while learning leads to improved memory. … For example, active exploratory behavior during the observation of objects enhances memory recall (Voss et al., 2011), resulting in enhanced activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the cerebellum …
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Can dreams predict the future?
It has been proposed that dreams reflect biological processes of long-term memory consolidation. … This also maintains the stability of existing memory representations in the face of subsequent experiences (Payne & Nadel, 2004). …
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Memory game - short or long-term memory?
The difference between working memory and short-term memory is confusing, and Cowen (2009) continues by disambiguating working memory and short term memory:
[W]orking memory includes short-term memory … and working memory interchangeably. …
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Why can't human thoughts be stored in metals?
In electronical memory semiconductors are used, because memory elements, like nerve cells, need an 'on' and 'off' state at room temperature. …
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How did Hermann Ebbinghaus conduct memory experiments on himself?
Ebbinghouse indeed only tested on himself, limiting the generalization of his findings.
Your question is a really good one; given the time of his writing, the now so familiar structure of a standard …
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Are there "place cells" for temporal encoding?
It seems the topic of time perception is quite complicated. In contrast to the place and grid cells in the hippocampus (Moser et al., 2015), the perception of time seems to be distributed across many …
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Ligand-gated ion channels as operators
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Ligand-gated and voltage-operated ion channels do not really perform a memory task. …
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Why do I perform better at rhythm games after a long period of not playing?
Now I'll add some background information about types of memory as a general answer (Fig. 1).
The most relevant type here is long-term memory. … Types of memory. source: The Human Memory …
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