I thought at least one memeber of TIPS would find this interesting Jeff Nagelbush Feris State Unversity
>>Science News Online >>Week of Nov. 10, 2001; Vol. 160, No. 19 >> >>Brain may forge some memories in waves >>Bruce Bower >> >>Although people effortlessly remember all sorts of everyday events, >>scientists >>are struggling to explain how the brain makes this possible. In two >>critical >>brain areas, such memory may hinge more on the timing than on the strength >>of >>neural activity, according to a team of neuroscientists. >> >>As volunteers study word lists, clusters of neurons in the rhinal cortex >>and >>the hippocampus�adjacent brain areas already implicated in memory�fire >>synchronized electrical bursts that pave the way for remembering those >>words >>later, argue J�rgen Fell of the University of Bonn in Germany and his >>colleagues. >> >>Moreover, the coordination of cell activity in the same two brain regions >>plummets for a fraction of a second just after participants remember a >>word >>from the list, possibly signaling an end to a coordinated neural effort, >>Fell's >>team proposes in an article slated to appear in Nature Neuroscience. >> >>Full text >>http://www.sciencenews.org/20011110/fob6.asp _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
