Remembering to forget

Remembering to forget

Scientists have long known that memories are consolidated during sleep. This long term memory formation happens during the non REM sleep phases of our sleep. The same neural pathways activated during sleep that was activated during the activity or event. The memory is...
Vision overrides hearing

Vision overrides hearing

It is relatively easy to understand and demonstrate how the brain can be tricked into seeing something that in reality is not as it seems! Take the picture below, it looks like it is moving right? Equally, we understand how the brain can be entrained into creating new...