AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

'I Had Them a Moment Ago, Now Where Are My Glasses?' Study Reveals Clues to Mechanism of ShortTerm Memory.

Europe Intelligence Wire

| February 17, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From AScribe)

COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. -- Understanding the biology of memory is a major goal of contemporary neuroscientists. Short-term or "working" memory is an important process that enables us to interact in meaningful ways with others and to comprehend the world around us on a moment-to-moment basis. A study published this week in Science (February 18) presents a strikingly simple yet robust mathematical model of how short-term memory circuits in the brain are likely to store, process, and make rapid decisions about the information the brain receives from the world.

A classic although purely practical example of working memory is our ability to look…

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Back in the game: Putting rivalry aside, Cold Spring Harbor raises more than...
Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) August 26, 2006 700+ words
...parents and other residents of the Cold Spring Harbor district, a longtime football rival...coach Joe Vito. Roosevelt and Cold Spring Harbor are a study in socioeconomic contrasts...fundraiser for the district, praised Cold Spring Harbor's donors. "It boggles my mind that...
Resistance to Cold Spring Harbor Lab. (DNA Learning Center exhibit in honor of...
Magazine article from: Long Island Business News LaFemina, Lorraine October 21, 1996 700+ words
...1951. Barbara McClintock came to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1942 to explore a controversial...during development. Visitors to Cold Spring Harbor's DNA Learning Center are treated...reproduction of the geneticist's lab at Cold Spring Harbor -- down to her brown, leather Cold...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press to release 70 Years of Ground-Breaking...
Press release article from: M2 Presswire May 28, 2008 700+ words
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 May 2008-Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press to release 70 Years of Ground...M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28052008 Cold Spring Harbor, NY and Stanford, CA -- Cold Spring Harbor...
Cold Spring Harbor Firehouse Museum Receives Provisional Charter from New York...
Press release article from: PR Newswire July 21, 2007 700+ words
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., July 20 /PRNewswire...visit the picturesque hamlet of Cold Spring Harbor and experience its historic charm...level with the creation of the Cold Spring Harbor Firehouse Museum and are seeking...
Cold Spring Harbor edges Manhasset: Lau's winner, frantic finish cap another...
Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) May 6, 2007 700+ words
...masterpiece Saturday night at Cold Spring Harbor. And, of course, the game...heart-pounding finish. Cold Spring Harbor edged Manhasset, 8-7, in...the schools have met. Cold Spring Harbor improved to 13-1, 8-0...
Genentech Donates $2.5 Million to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Press release article from: PR Newswire April 5, 2006 700+ words
...SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., April 5 /PRNewswire...landmark gift of $2.5 million to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) to seed the establishment...are excited to collaborate with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the birthplace of the...
Learning from History: Long Island's Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, circa 1920.
Magazine article from: Long Island Business News April 7, 2006 700+ words
...Reich. It was Long Island's Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, circa 1920. As the birthplace...the American eugenics movement, Cold Spring Harbor would be the wellspring for laws that...the course of three decades, Cold Spring Harbor zealots led a national move for "fitter...
ONCOGENE SCIENCE, COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY AND THE MEDICAL RESEARCH...
Press release article from: PR Newswire January 13, 1994 700+ words
...Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS: ONCS), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the Medical Research...gene transcription technology and Cold Spring Harbor's expertise in basic genetic research...Witkowski and David Helfman of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Dr. Gordon Foulkes of...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press and Atypon Bring Classic Symposia Series...
Press release article from: Business Wire December 2, 2003 700+ words
Business Editors COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. & SANTA CLARA...Dec. 2, 2003--Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL Press...in the proceedings of the Cold Spring Harbor Symposia being published online...
Making beautiful music together: a behavioral health hospital in Maine and an...
Magazine article from: Health Management Technology Thibault, Bonnie March 1, 2005 700+ words
Spring Harbor Hospital, a 105-bed psychiatric...build an enterprisewide system for Spring Harbor that has been up and running successfully...inpatient and outpatient facility, Spring Harbor Hospital is southern Maine's only...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2010 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA

The AccessMyLibrary advertising network includes: womensforum.com GlamFamily