A baby’s early life has a lot of milestones: first giggle, first tooth, first step. A brain scanning study adds to the list: first memory.
Infants can form memories, and they use a memory structure in the brain called the…
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Why don’t we remember being a baby? New clues in memory mystery.
What’s the earliest memory you can recall? While many people’s recollections of the past may stretch back into childhood, research shows that the trip down memory lane generally hits a wall once you reach infancy. In some ways, this…
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Scientists Reveal Why We Can’t Remember Our Earliest Years
A new fMRI study reveals that babies as young as 12 months can encode memories, contradicting theories that memory formation is impossible in infancy. Instead, the inability to recall early life may stem from retrieval failures rather than memory…
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Gray seals may sense their own blood oxygen levels
The seals’ ability to detect the amount of oxygen in their blood may help them make diving decisions and avoid drowning.
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Scientists Boost CBD Bioavailability with Phospholipids
Scientists increased the bioavailability of CBD in in-vitro models. The findings were published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and may have significant implications for the future of…
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Cells That Build Themselves Into an Embryo? Scientists Just Made It Happen
Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The cells show remarkable, collective behavior, almost as if…
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Trials Indicate Vagus Nerve Stimulation may Relieve Depression
In clinical trials, almost 500 depression patients who were resistant to current treatments were given therapy that stimulated their vagus nerve. The majority of these patients had such serious depression that…
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Scientists Uncover Lyme Disease’s Hidden Achilles’ Heel – And How to Exploit It
A team of scientists has zeroed in on an enzyme that could revolutionize Lyme disease treatment. By uncovering the crucial role of BbLDH in bacterial survival and infectivity, they’ve opened the door to highly targeted therapeutics. Their…
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They’d Rather Die: The Lesson That Male Roundworms Refuse to Learn – Life Sciences | Weizmann Wonder Wander
In human society, men tend to be seen as risk-takers, while women are seen as being more cautious. According to evolutionary psychologists, this difference developed in the wake of threats to each sex, and their respective needs. While such…
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Stinky penguin poop strikes fear into the hearts of Antarctic krill
The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge.
In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 in Frontiers in Marine Science. The…
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