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A new study led by cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Max Planck Institute for Human ...

Dopamine neurons—the cells that drive reward and motivation while we're awake—become surprisingly active during nonrapid eye movement sleep right after we learn something new.

A new study led by cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Max Planck Institute for Human ...

A new study shows that precisely manipulating brain activity during sleep can help mice retain memories that would normally fade, offering a potential pathway for treating memory loss conditions.

Vividly imagining a positive interaction with someone can increase how much you like them — and even alter how your brain stores information about that person.

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The locus coeruleus (LC) — a tiny, ancient brainstem structure that regulates arousal, attention and memory—plays a far more ...