Interview with Brian Wiltgen We know instinctively that our experiences shape the way we learn. If we are highly familiar with a particular task, like cooking for example, learning a new recipe is much easier than it was when we were a novice. New research from the University of California, Davis, shows that experience also changes the way our neurons become plastic and form new memories.
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Talk by Charan Ranganath The Association for Psychological Science (APS) Presidential Summit presents a talk by Dr. Charan Ranganath, titled Hacking the Brain to Make Memories Stick.
Interview with David Olson New research from UC Davis shows psychedelic drugs, including well-known compounds such as LSD and MDMA, could stimulate the growth of new branches and connections in brain cells and then heal those cells. David Olson, an assistant professor in the departments of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine talks to BBC News about the paper published June 12 in the journal Cell Reports.
MAP Program Awards
We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2018 MAP Collaboration Seed Grant! We had a lot of great applications this year, and were very excited to see the many ideas for cross-domain collaboration. We are only able to award two proposals, but encourage all applicants to continue with this spirit of collaboration! We've decided to award the following proposals:
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