Memories

Laser beams give neuroscientists new insights about brain’s 'inner GPS' system in mice study

This is the first demonstration of being able to retrieve memories of our environment using 'place cell' activation.

Brain’s mechanism of creating detailed and enduring memories unravelled in a new study

The brain seems to have a natural mechanism in place to preserve information and avoid interference and disruption of memories.

A trip down memory lane: Asian Paints’ iconic ‘Har Ghar Chup Chap Se Kehta Hai’ is back, urging people to stay at home

Asian Paints’ revival of its iconic ‘Har Ghar Chup Chap Se Kehta Hai’ campaign is apt, during these times of social distancing as our homes and our families are the biggest support we can get.

Human brain actively forgets 'unnecessary' memories when we sleep: Study

According to researchers, the REM sleep-active neural pathway plays an important role in active forgetting.

People recalled day-old memories better after tiny electrical pulses to the brain

There was a better recollection in the group that received electric stimulation that excited their neurons.

India and the Indian: The Remembered and the Forgotten, by Sunalini Kumar and Sarnath Banerjee

The nation takes your memory away in other ways. It makes your memories irrelevant, your stories ridiculous. It says the sky and sea are not yours to know, the soil is not yours to till, and the goddess is a fiction only illiterates recite.

Mumbai Mobile Creches' e-cookbook documents food memories of the city's migrant women

With their e-book Food Memories of Migrant Women, Mumbai Mobile Creches (MMC) aims to capture the cultural multiplicity and the migrant perspective, through the documentation of several regional recipes from across India.

I won't be replacing coconut oil in my pantry with any other fat — here's why

It isn't coconut oil that is a danger to our health, but the vehicle carrying it that is suspect.

Snapchat now allows you to export videos not only in circlular but also square format

The update will roll out for iOS and Android and apply to both the launched versions of the glasses.

Snapchat rebrands itself as Snap Inc and launches Spectacles camera

Snapchat rebranded itself as Snap Inc and announced a new wearable gadget called Spectacles.