Open Questions: Learning and Memory
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Introduction
Site indexes
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Galaxy: Memory
- Categorized site directory. Entries usually include
descriptive annotations.
Sites with general resources
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University of Michigan Cognition and Aging Laboratory
- A research facility directed by Denise Park, dealing with
basic behavioral cognitive processes, cognitive neuroscience,
culture and cognition, cognitive aging and medicine, and social
cognition.
Surveys, overviews, tutorials
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Memory
- Detailed encyclopedia article on memory from the
philosophical point of view, with many bibliographic
citations and a few external links.
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Glutamate Receptors - Structures and Functions
- Somewhat technical overview of receptors for L-glutamate,
the major excitatory neurotransmitter in central nervous system.
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Neural Basis of Spatial Memory
- Good semi-technical overview.
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Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- A ScienceWeek
"symposium" consisting of excerpts and summaries of
articles from various sources.
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Human Memory: What It Is and How to Improve It
- Overviews and external links provided by
Silvia Helena Cardoso.
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In Search of Memory
- Based on a 1999 documentary broadcast by Canada's CBC.
TV-level presentation of information on memory, with some
external links.
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Brain Plasticity: What Is It?
- A page from the site called
Neuroscience for Kids. Discusses relation of brain plasticity
to learning and memory and provides useful references and
external links.
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Human Memory
- Very brief overview by Harish Kotbagi.
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The Aging Mind
- An article by Denise Park on changes that occur
in aging with respect to memory and other cognitive functions.
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Erasing Memories
- November 2005 Scientific American sidebar, subtitled
"Long-term memories, particularly bad ones, could be dissolved
if certain drugs are administered at just the right moment
during recall."
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Strangely Familiar
- March 2005 Scientific American sidebar, subtitled
"Researchers are starting to pin down what déjà
vu is and why it arises. But have you read this already?
Maybe you just can't remember."
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Stressed-Out Memories
- November 2004 Scientific American sidebar
by Robert M. Sapolsky, subtitled
"A little stress sharpens memory. But after prolonged stress, the
mental picture isn't pretty."
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Unmaking Memories: Interview with James McGaugh
- December 2003 Scientific American In Focus article,
subtitled "In the sci-fi thriller Paycheck, an engineer has
his memory erased after completing a sensitive job.
Scientific American.com spoke with a leading neurobiologist to
find out just how close scientists are to controlling recall."
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Glia Cells Help Neurons Build Synapses
- January 2001 Scientific American news article about how
astrocytes control the number of synapses neurons can form
with each other.
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Tetris Dreams
- October 2000 Scientific American In Focus article,
subtitled "How and when people see pieces from the computer game
in their sleep tells of the role dreaming plays in learning."
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Where Memories Are Made
- September 26, 2000 news article from Scientific American,
on research that studied brain activation during recall.
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Down Memory Limbo
- August 2000 Scientific American In Focus article, subtitled
"New research shows that between fear and recall lies a
no-man's-land where long-term memories can vanish."
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Making Smart Mice
- September 1999 article from Scientific American
Explorations on work of Joe Tsien to improve memory in mice by
genetic manipulation.
- The Memory Code
Joe Z. Tsien
Scientific American, July 2007
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- Inside the Mind of a Savant
Darold A. Treffert; Daniel D. Christensen
Scientific American, December 2005
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Making Memories Stick
R. Douglas Fields
Scientific American, February 2005
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- Building a Branier Mouse
Joe Z. Tsien
Scientific American, April 2000, pp. 62-68
- Genetic engineering experiments on mice have succeeded in
producing "smarter" mice. The effect is achieved by altering the
operation of synaptic NMDA receptors, implying the role that such
receptors play in memory formation.
- A. R. Luria - The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book about a
Vast Memory
Basic Books, 1968
- Classic case study of a man with an exceptionally
retentive memory. Luria studied the subject, identified only
as "S.", for 30 years. Many particulars of the remarkable
memory are described, along with the disadvantages, but
ultimately the explanation of the subject's ability remains
elusive.
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