{"id":186,"date":"2012-11-22T15:09:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T15:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/?p=360"},"modified":"2022-01-04T19:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T19:49:17","slug":"links-on-how-memory-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/beginner\/2012\/11\/22\/links-on-how-memory-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Links on How Memory Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This week, as I have before in this blog<\/span><\/a>, I am posting a set of new links to other web sites that discuss a subject covered in The Brain from Top to Bottom<\/em>. For each link, I also provide a brief description of the content on the site in question.<\/p>\n

The subject this week is the sub-topic How Memory Works<\/strong>\u009d, under the topic Memory and the Brain. Research on human memory is such an important aspect of cognitive neuroscience today that the number of links on this topic on the Internet is enormous. I have therefore divided my selected links into two groups; I am posting 11 links here this week and will post another 11 next week.<\/p>\n

Molecular Level<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"i_lien\" <\/strong>Why Sleep Is Needed To Form Memories<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biochemical changes in the brain that are associated with NMDA receptors<\/span><\/a> and that occur only when you are asleep explain why sleep promotes the formation of memories.<\/p>\n

\"a_lien\" <\/strong>The Biology of Memory: A Forty-Year Perspective<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Eric R. Kandel, whose own research focuses on the cellular bases of learning, summarizes the highlights of the past 40 years of research on the biology of memory.<\/p>\n

Cellular Level<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"d_lien\"\u00a0<\/strong>The Brain that Changes Itself<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A documentary about some spectacular cases of neuroplasticity, where people regained functions that they had lost as the result of brain injuries.<\/p>\n

\"a_exp\"\u00a0 <\/strong>Tool-use induces morphological updating of the body schema<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Using a mechanical grabber that extended the reach of their arms by 40 cm caused experimental subjects to overestimate the length of their arms afterward. This finding implies that the plasticity of our body schema extends to its morphological properties.<\/p>\n

Neurological Level <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"i_lien\"\u00a0<\/strong>Training your working memory increases your cortical Dopamine D1 receptors<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Improving your working memory by training it causes major changes in the density of D1 dopamine receptors<\/span><\/a> in the frontal and parietal cortex of your brain.<\/p>\n

\"i_lien\"\u00a0<\/strong>Persistent Memories<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

An experiment suggests that difficulty in remembering things may be attributable not to problems of memory storage, but rather to problems of memory retrieval<\/a> that increase as we age.<\/p>\n

Psychological Level<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"i_lien\"\u00a0<\/strong>Marathons and Memory<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Runners who have just completed a marathon show a higher level of stress hormone (cortisol)<\/span><\/a> and a decline in explicit memory<\/span><\/a>, but an improvement in implicit memory<\/span><\/a>. The comments that some marathon runners have made about this post are also interesting.<\/p>\n

\"i_lien\"\u00a0<\/strong>Video: Conscious of the Present; Conscious of the Past: Vision and Memory <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Video of a course lecture by Professor Paul Bloom, of Yale University, on the different types of memory<\/span><\/a>, their limitations, strategies for improving memory<\/span><\/a>, memory disorders<\/span><\/a>, and other related subjects.<\/p>\n

\"i_lien\"\u00a0<\/strong>Ten Thousand Hours <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Steve Perrin\u2019s thoughts on what motivates us to learn, inspired by Daniel J. Levitin\u2019s report on widespread findings that it takes about 10\u00c2\u00a0000 hours of practice to become an expert in anything.<\/p>\n

\"a_lien\"\u00a0<\/strong>Reworking Working Memory<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Data support Unsworth and Engle\u2019s theory that working memory consists of a primary memory system and a secondary memory system, which contrasts with more traditional models of working memory, such as the influential model proposed by Baddeley.<\/p>\n

Social Level<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"a_lien\"\u00a0<\/strong>Science 2.0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How some researchers are using collaborative on-line tools such as Facebook, YouTube, and blogs to make scientific communication more dynamic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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