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Your Liver May Be 'Eating' Your Brain

By Christopher Wanjek last updated

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Fetuses Have Memories

By Rachael Rettner last updated

Researchers have found evidence for short-term memory in 30 week old fetuses

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How to improve your memory

By Karen Gordon published

reference It’s never too late to boost your gray matter. Discover how to improve your memory and keep your brain sharp

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'Secret code' behind key type of memory revealed in new brain scans

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Scientists used brain scans to unlock the secrets of working memory.

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Nelson Mandela visits Hlengiwe School_Louise Gubb via Getty Images

What is the Mandela effect? And have you experienced it?

By Joe Phelan published

The Mandela effect is when many people believe that something happened when, in reality, it never did.

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Illustration of brain cells showing electrical firing.

Synthetic brain cells that store 'memories' are possible, new model reveals

By Rebecca Sohn published

Scientists have created key parts of synthetic brain cells that can hold cellular "memories" for milliseconds. The achievement could one day lead to computers that work like the human brain.

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Aboriginal people creating shapes with red sand on the ground in Aboriginal art style.

Aboriginal memory technique may work better than Sherlock's 'memory palace'

By Stephanie Pappas published

An Aboriginal memory technique that uses narrative and geography may outperform the famous "mind palace" technique.

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The brain regions in the parietal cortex involved in exaggerating similar memories.

Your brain warps your memories so you can remember them better

By Stephanie Pappas published

The brain exaggerates the differences between similar memories in order to recall them more effectively.

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An illustration of a person in a hat following footsteps.

Sherlock Holmes' famous memory trick really works

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

An ancient technique can boost your memory to the level of memory champions.

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Black and white video clip of a slime mold consuming nutrients and then spreading to the right of frame

This gooey, brainless blob can store memories

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Slime molds imprint "memories" of where they've recently found food.

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