MetaFilter posts tagged with Brain and memory

Eternal Sunshine Within Reach.

grapefruitmoon — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:26:36 -0800

Brain Researchers Open Door to Editing Memory : spotless minds might be closer than we think.

Neuroscience of Nostalgia

homunculus — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:10:31 -0800

Long-term effects of ecstacy

homunculus — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:13:05 -0800

Ecstasy's long-term effects revealed. "Enough time has finally elapsed to start asking if ecstasy damages health in the long term. According to the biggest review ever undertaken, it causes slight memory difficulties and mild depression, but these rarely translate into problems in the real world. While smaller studies show that some individuals have bigger problems, including weakened immunity and larger memory deficits, so far, for most people, ecstasy seems to be nowhere near as harmful over time as you may have been led to believe." [Via]

We'll remember you.

dmd — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:45:37 -0800

Henry G. Molaison, known to psychology and neurology students worldwide as "H.M.", dies. Previously.

MetaCognition

homunculus — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:30:23 -0800

You know the feeling that something is on the tip of your tongue? It offers deep insights into the nature of the mind. [Via The Frontal Cortex]

3.14159265... and 99,992 digits to go!

splice — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:47:51 -0800

Exercising your brain makes you smarter, and there is no better gym for it than the MentatWiki. Researchers believe there is a link between working memory and fluid intelligence in that improving one seems to also improves the other. Lucky for you, this month is MentatWiki month at WikiVersity. The MentatWiki is a collaborative site focused on collecting ways to become a better thinker. From memory techniques to cubing numbers, Knight's tours and magic squares and more, all you need to get your brain in gear. Oh, and did you know that the site was founded by the author of Mind Performance Hacks, MeFi's own Ron Hale-Evans? Once you're feeling pretty good about your newfound skills, how about trying for a world record?

Memory and Sleep

homunculus — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:55:42 -0800

Mapping Memory. "Turn the human brain upside down and all around to see how memories are saved (or lost)." National Geographic has a great interactive 3D map of the brain as part of an excellent feature on memory. The New York Times has a good article on the crucial role sleep plays in learning and memory. It's part of a special issue devoted to sleep. Via Neurophilosophy.

Music and Amnesia

homunculus — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:19:58 -0800

The Abyss. Oliver Sacks writes about Clive Wearing (recently discussed here). [Via MindHacks.] In other neuroscience and memory news, a new study has been published on Patient HM, marking fifty years of his participation in neuroscience research.

Dissociative fugue

homunculus — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:04:36 -0800

When a Brain Forgets Where Memory Is. Interesting article on dissociative fugue, the poorly understood memory disorder where people seem to forget who they are. [Via MindHacks.]

9:34 AM: Now I am superlatively, actually awake.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:51:07 -0800

Life without memory (multi-part YouTube): the extraordinary case of Clive Wearing.

Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky and the neuronaut's guide to the science of consciousness

y2karl — Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:57:32 -0800

We are because of others. We are born into this world with minds as naked as our bodies and we have to rely on others to feed, clothe us, and to teach us to think of ourselves as selves. The key is language -- grammatical speech and human culture build upon the brain's biological capacities to create a mind that is something different again than that with which we are born. We are conscious because we can speak to others and ourselves, because we can speak of ourselves to others and ourselves. Language gives us as individuals, memory, and as groups, culture, the social memory. Or so thought Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky, among others. Welcome to the the neuronaut's guide to the science of consciousness.

Pot Head

Ron — Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:41:58 -0800

Pot doesn't cause permanent brain damage? According to this University of California at San Diego study, no it doesn't even though other illegal drugs, even alcohol, can cause brain damage.

"...marijuana has only a marginally harmful long-term effect on learning and memory."