Stress is the brain’s natural response to fear, but it often disrupts memory in the process, potentially impacting the possibility of memory loss. When preparing for a big presentation or taking a ...

An Emma Chamberlain sound bite that succinctly explains our inclination to document memories is going viral on TikTok. On a December 2022 episode entitled “post it or it didn’t happen?” of her Spotify ...

A new mouse study by scientists at UC Riverside (UCR) demonstrates that remote fear memories formed in the distant past are permanently stored in connections between memory neurons in the prefrontal ...

A remote fear memory is a memory of traumatic events that occurred in the distant past -- a few months to decades ago. A mouse study has now spelled out the fundamental mechanisms by which the brain ...

An innovative study, to be published in Nature Communications on October 21, 2024, reveals the mechanism behind two seemingly contradictory effects of fear memories: the inability to forget yet the ...

Memory, a fundamental tool for our survival, is closely linked with how we encode, recall, and respond to external stimuli. Over the past decade, extensive research has focused on memory-encoding ...

We often think of memories like the contents of a museum: static exhibits that we view to understand the present and prepare ...

Experiencing a frightening event is likely something you’ll never forget. But why does it stay with you when other kinds of occurrences become increasingly difficult to recall with the passage of time ...

Fear is essential for survival, but must be well regulated to avoid harmful behaviors such as panic attacks or exaggerated risk taking. Scientists have now demonstrated in mice that the brain relies ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A remote fear memory is a memory of traumatic events that occurred in the distant past — a few months to decades ago. A University of California, Riverside, mouse study published ...