Sleep: A Memory Booster?

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | May 6, 2011 |

What’s going on in the brain while we sleep? A lot! Specif­i­cal­ly, process­es sup­port­ing the con­sol­i­da­tion of mem­o­ries. This Dana Foun­da­tion arti­cle reviews fas­ci­nat­ing stud­ies in which mem­o­ries are reac­ti­vat­ed dur­ing sleep thanks to either an odor or an audi­to­ry cue. Results sug­gest that such reac­ti­va­tion leads to bet­ter mem­o­ry: reac­ti­va­tion dur­ing slow-wave sleep supports…

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Brain Science: “Brain Rules” Podcast

By Dr. Ginger Campbell | July 2, 2008

We are fans of the Brain Sci­ence Pod­cast series host­ed by Gin­ger Camp­bell, so are pleased to announce that Dr. Camp­bell will start offer­ing to Sharp­Brains read­ers, peri­od­i­cal­ly, the high­lights of her most inter­est­ing pod­casts. Below, her first post. Enjoy! — Alvaro ———– In a recent inter­view on the Brain Sci­ence Pod­cast, Dr. John Med­i­na, author…

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Sleep, Tetris, Memory and the Brain

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 24, 2008 |

As part of our ongo­ing Author Speaks Series, we are hon­ored to present today this excel­lent arti­cle by Dr. Shan­non Mof­fett, based on her illu­mi­nat­ing and engag­ing book. Enjoy! (and please go to sleep soon if you are read­ing this late Mon­day night). ———— Two years ago I fin­ished a book on the mind/brain, called The Three…

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Random Learning? the 8 Random Facts Meme

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 24, 2007

Orli from Neu­ron­tic tagged me with a new meme –writ­ing about 8 Ran­dom Per­son­al Facts- that is cir­cu­lat­ing among sci­ence blog­gers.  Well, I will hap­pi­ly write about 8 facts that appeared in unex­pect­ed ways yet, seen with per­spec­tive, seem to be a type of non-ran­­dom ran­dom­ness, if that makes sense…   As the old­est child,…

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