Major clue in long-term memory-making
Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 17:30
in Psychology & Sociology
You may remember the color of your loved one's eyes for years. But how? Scientists believe that long-term potentiation (LTP) -- the long-lasting increase of signals across a connection between brain cells -- underlies our ability to remember over time and to learn, but how that happens is a central question in neuroscience.
