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Light-Triggered Genes Reveal the Hidden Workings of Memory

By Elizabeth Svoboda
December 14, 2017
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Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa’s lab is overturning old assumptions about how memories form, how recall works and whether lost memories might be restored from “silent engrams.”

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The Maestro of Memory Manipulation

By Emily Singer
June 23, 2016
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The neuroscientist Sheena Josselyn can evoke and erase memories in mice using new tools that precisely control the brain.

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New Clues to How the Brain Maps Time

By Emily Singer
January 26, 2016
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The same brain cells that track location in space appear to also count beats in time. The research suggests that our thoughts may take place on a mental space-time canvas.

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Mental Leaps Cued by Memory’s Ripples

By Virginia Hughes
October 22, 2014
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The same mental processes that organize memories may also coordinate how we make decisions.


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