We know that sleep is important for learning and memory, and that recent memory traces may be ‘replayed’ in the brain during sleep. Dreaming as well incorporates recent experiences, especially from ...

VR is being utilized to revolutionize traditional maze studies. Researchers from Princeton University (NJ, USA) have used a virtual reality (VR) technique to demonstrate that mice accumulate evidence ...

Gene-targeted mice lacking the AMPA receptor subunit GluR1 (GluR-A) have deficits in hippocampal CA3–CA1 long-term potentiation. We now report that they showed normal spatial reference learning and ...

ANN WIDDECOMBE took a break from political appearances to join an all star team on this evening’s edition of Celebrity Crystal Maze. When taking on one of the tasks, the politician used her views on ...