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memory

Solving algorithm ‘amnesia’ reveals clues to how we learn

Finding by UCI biologists could help combat cognitive impairments

Participants at the UCI Working Memory and Plasticity Lab, wearing headphones and looking at an ipad, completing one of their training sessions for a study.

Who benefits from brain training, and why?

Joint UCI and UC Riverside study shows ‘near transfer’ predicts ‘far transfer’

UCI team uncovers key brain mechanisms for organizing memories in time

Convergence research project integrated neurobiology with data science techniques

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Coping with memory impairment during the holidays

School of Biological Sciences Dean Frank La Ferla offers advice for family members

Professor of cognitive science Sara Mednick in her sleep lab.

UCI-led study is first to find that long- and short-term memory vie for brain space

Competition for cognitive processing resources during sleep comes at a cost to each

New research “sniffs out” how associative memories are formed

UCI-led team is first to discover how the brain creates memories of delicious smells

UCI team gets $1 million Keck Foundation grant to develop tools for RNA observation

A multidisciplinary team of UCI professors has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop new molecular tools to identify ribonucleic acids essential in learning and memory formation. “Our project involves building luminescent RNA molecules, allowing us to observe their position and activity in the brain of a living, learning mouse,” […]

Jean Ho, postdoc, and psychological science professor Daniel Nation photo: Steve Zylius/UCI

UCI-led meta-analysis identifies hypertension medications that help ward off memory loss

People taking drugs that cross the blood-brain barrier experienced less cognitive decline

UCI Down syndrome expert Dr. Ira T. Lott examines ABC-DS participant Jeremy Throckmorton

NIH awards over $100 million to examine biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome

Project aims to improve quality of life of aging populations

The Alzheimer’s crunch

With jump in patients expected, new leader of clinical research operations at UCI MIND aims to accelerate translation of discoveries into effective treatments