Brain Yields Clues to False Memories

biller submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.medicinenet.com)

The areas of the brain where memory is processed may determine how a person can be absolutely certain of a past event that never occurred, otherwise known as a "false memory".

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Smell the roses ,it will make you a better memory

annatto submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (www.reutershealth.com)

German researchers found using odors to re-activate new memories in the brains of people while slept -- and they remembered better later. The research also found ttat scent improved learning when it was administered during slow-wave sleep, but had no effect during rapid eye movement or REM sleep.

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Psychologists and literary historians cooperate on conclusion: There's probably no such thing as repressed memories.

Hecate submitted, created time 1 year 11 months (www.nytimes.com)

Here is a good example of how history and medicine can cross over: It seems that there are no historical references to repressed memories before 1800, when novelists began using it as a plot device, not in fiction and not in nonfiction. Scientists and literary scholars collaborated on this project, which was written up in [i]Psychological Medicine[/i].

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