Brain & Behavior

Jennifer Resnik and Dr. Rony Paz. Differences in perception

Senses under Stress: Adversity Blurs Perception

05.07.2011

Brain & Behavior

A raised threshold for distinguishing similar stimuli may contribute to post-traumatic stress

Thanks for the Memories

Thanks for the Memories

30.06.2011

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute scientists track brain activity as false memories are formed

Prof. Yadin Dudai, Shiri Ron, Shoshi Hazvi, Reut Shema, Dr. Alon Chen and Sharon Haramati. Improved memory

Getting a Grasp on Memory

23.05.2011

Brain & Behavior

Rats with more of a protein in their brains had longer memories.

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New Insight into “Aha” Memories

23.05.2011

Brain & Behavior

New research sheds light on sudden flashes of understanding.

a lion. Survival in the face of adversity

Weizmann Institute scientists show: How Adversity Dulls Our Perceptions

11.05.2011

Brain & Behavior

A trick of the mind that once helped us survive in the jungle may now contribute to post-traumatic stress syndrome.

cultured Cultured nerve cells that have been inoculated with RNA-bearing viruses. This RNA targets the CRF stress response, reducing gene expression

Anti-Stress Proteins

08.05.2011

Brain & Behavior

What happens when the body is unable to turn off the stress response?

Leptin receptor positive neuron in the mouse hypothalamus

Protein Contributes to Obesity

04.05.2011

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Mice lacking the protein stayed slim, even on a high-fat diet.

(l-r) Yaara Yeshurun, Prof. Noam Sobel, Dr. Sagit Shushan, Liron Rozenkrantz, Idan Frumin and Shani Gelstein. The smell of tears

Tears Are a Turn-Off

04.04.2011

Brain & Behavior

Though odorless, tears send chemical signals to those close enough to smell them

Overexpression of PKMzeta in the insular cortex. A merged picture of a neuron stained with GFP (green), PKMzeta (blue), and NeuN (red)

Getting a Grasp on Memory

02.04.2011

Brain & Behavior

Memories can be either enhanced or erased through the manipulation of a certain protein.

Aha! Mouse over "camouflage" image for undoctored picture

New Insight into "Aha!" Memories

02.04.2011

Brain & Behavior

Much of memory research involves repetitive, rote learning. So why do the things we learn through sudden insight tend to stick in our memory?

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