It began with a rabbit: Unraveling the mystery of memory.

From @KnowableMag: "Half a century after the discovery of long-term potentiation, we’re still learning how the brain remembers."

https://flip.it/yKrdus

It may be the pain it causes to your teeth or the gross taste in your mouth, but a news study shows that chewing on a hard substance like wood can increase levels of a naturally occurring antioxidant in the human brain. This isn’t to suggest you gnaw on a 2x4, but perhaps chewing on a pencil may improve a person’s memory. @ScienceAlert has more on what dogs have apparently known for decades:

https://flip.it/UZY2Qy

Brain’s Working Memory Limits Tied to Learning, Not Just Capacity

A new study reveals that working memory limitations stem from learning challenges rather than storage capacity. Using a computer model of the basal ganglia and thalamus, researchers showed that holding too much information at once confuses the brain, impairing its ability to learn and use stored data effectively.

#brain research #memory #neuroscience

https://neurosciencenews.com/working-memory-learning-28438/

As my first game which is polished I would be happy if you could give it a try and give me some feedback what you think.
I do want to improve it and learn from it for further ideas. The game is free and there is a version playable in the browser so no download if you do not want that.

https://xanatos.itch.io/samory

The manual can be found here

https://d-generation-s.github.io/Samory/

The ADHD part of my AuDHD makes me forget things sometimes & it's OK to send me a reminder if I have forgotten to get back to anyone. I don't do it purposely. I just forget to get back to folks sometimes & if not reminded, I won't remember for a long time.

I don't know if others living with #AuDHD can relate to this. I find it difficult to rectify with my very clear/precise memories of many daily life things & with almost all longterm memories. I used to beat myself up because of that contradictory issue that I still struggle to comprehend about myself.

#DrJustinSung "How to Remember Everything You Read"
https://youtu.be/okHkUIW46ks?si=-VpP2_Q1C2fSXpTs
https://www.instagram.com/drjustinsung
#Reading #Memory #Brain #Learning #Education.
What do you think?

A quick demonstration of using the State: Overview page in Kitten’s¹ settings while developing to keep an eye on your event and event listener counts to avoid memory leaks.

Notice how the events and listeners counts change as I navigate between the People and Settings pages in my Place² node and that they are consistent. If they were rising as I navigated back and forth I’d know I had a memory leak somewhere.

If you use Kitten’s built-in features (e.g., the `addEventHandler()` method on your `kitten.Component` subclasses, Kitten will handle adding and removing listeners for you automatically during your component’s lifecycle. You can also do so manually in your component’s automatically-called `onConnect()` and `onDisconnect()` event handlers.

This view is useful during development to ensure you don’t have any memory leaks as pages are loaded and unloaded.

https://vimeo.com/1050714714

¹ https://kitten.small-web.org
² Place is in early development at the moment (https://codeberg.org/place/app)

Here’s Why Bad Sleep and Toxic Thoughts Go Hand-in-Hand

Findings reveal the memory-related brain processes that generate unwanted thoughts when people are sleep deprived

The “intriguing” new study suggests a key role that REM sleep seems to play in maintaining adequate memory control, says Zara Bergström, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Kent in England, who was not involved in the work. She adds, however, that “it will be necessary for future research to manipulate REM sleep directly” to confirm whether it does have a causal role in controlling memories and thoughts.

“Interventions that enhance REM sleep could become part of the therapy for disorders that are characterized by intrusive memories, like post-traumatic stress disorder,” she says. This type of response might also be attempted for acute trauma—a possible preventive measure to ensure that toxic memories and flashbacks never emerge at all.

#sleep #dreams #memory #REM
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-sleep-leaves-the-brain-more-vulnerable-to-intrusive-thoughts/