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memory

sweets

Health

A sugary diet changes gut bacteria and worsens brain function in rats

Rats fed a sugar syrup early in life develop an unusual gut microbiome that seems to worsen the rodents’ memories by changing the way their brains work

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We can see when your brain forms a memory by watching you move

Mind

We can see when your brain forms a memory by watching you move

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Time for a rhyme

Last Word

Time for a rhyme

Regulars

We really do relive experiences from waking life when we sleep

Mind

We really do relive experiences from waking life when we sleep

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Human brains have ‘time cells’ that let us recall when events happened

Mind

Human brains have ‘time cells’ that let us recall when events happened

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BoJack Horseman

Health

BoJack Horseman shows just how unreliable memories can be

Culture

Breathing exercise Pranayama

Health

How to breathe your way to better memory and sleep

Features

Fruit flies mating

Life

Semen seems to help female fruit flies remember things better

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picasso fish

Life

Fish can judge distances accurately just like land animals can

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Man struggling to remember

Health

A common antibiotic seems to have a strange effect on our memories

A study looking at how antibiotics could be used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder has revealed gaps in our understanding of how memories form

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Mind

Gut microbes help mice overcome their fears by changing brain activity

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Definition

Photographic memory

Life

Watching lots of TV may worsen memory in older people

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Humans

Unhappy Valentine’s: Why bad memories of your ex are so hard to shake

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