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Why deep sleep promotes our memory
Slow brain waves make neocortex especially receptive
12.12.2024
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15.03.2017
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Two Brain Areas Compete for Control
The locus coeruleus and the ventral tegmental area compete for control over the formation of memory content
14.03.2025
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Non-declarative memory
Non-declarative memory is part of long-term memory. It encompasses automated behaviors, learned skills, and habits that usually occur unconsciously. In contrast to declarative memory, the contents of non-declarative memory are difficult or impossible to express verbally. Non-declarative memory includes procedural learning and priming, among other things.
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Long-term memory
Long-term memory stores information about events, facts, or skills over long periods of time, often for a lifetime. Different types of memory are stored in different areas of the brain. The cellular basis for these learning processes is based, among other things, on improved communication between two cells and is called long-term potentiation.
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working memory
A form of memory, often used synonymously with the term "short-term memory." However, many theorists clearly distinguish between the two concepts with regard to the manipulation of information in working memory. It temporarily retains information, including newly acquired information and memory content from long-term memory that is associated with the new information. In the model developed by Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch, it includes a central executive, a phonological loop, an episodic buffer, and a visuospatial sketchpad.
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- Alzheimer's disease
Dementia worry: The Bogeyman of old Age
The fear of developing dementia oneself is widespread.
11.11.2025
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- Successful aging
The Secret of Neural Reserve
From the hippocampus to the synapse: A research consortium is investigating which factors protect our thinking in old age
01.02.2026
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declarative memory
Declarative memory is a form of long-term memory. Based on content, two types are distinguished: episodic memory – the stories of our lives – and semantic memory, or factual knowledge. What both have in common is that their respective contents can be put into words, i.e., described.
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- Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's from the Inside
How do people live with Alzheimer's disease? A conversation with someone affected by the condition.
20.10.2025
