Jun 27 2009First Image Of A New Memory Being Formed
Allegedly, this is the first image captured of a new memory being formed on the cellular level. If your brain were dinner, new memories would be the glowing noodle appetizer.
The image shows that proteins are created at connections between brain cells when a long-term memory is formed. Neuroscientists had suspected as much, but hadn't been able to see it happening until now.
Scientists still want to understand more about how our brains translate memories made on the go into long-term storage. Since synapses are connections between cells, experts think that fortifying these connections, or perhaps even making new ones, helps our minds associate different ideas and form memories of connected events.
Speaking of memories, you remember the time we snuck off and made out in that house that was being built? Yeah, that was really, um -- that wasn't you, was it? Oh synapse!
First Image of a Memory Being Made [livescience]
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Reader Comments
1. gizmoduck - June 27, 2009 12:19 PM
i remember that.
good times
2. Pat - June 27, 2009 12:33 PM
That's pretty cool!
3. RYRONAN - June 27, 2009 12:44 PM
i just got cable this week, and therefore watch random shit i would never seek out and watch, and that will most likely serve as the final stage in my brain's personal journey to becoming mush. it's also the reason why, unfortunately, i got that movie reference.....unless of course GW read the BOOK, in which case science might as well go ahead and bring on the robot apocalypse. go ahead, we'll fight back, but it's time you killed us all.
4. Madgame - June 27, 2009 1:01 PM
Hopefully this will assist in breathroughs with Alzheimers.
5. jaja - June 27, 2009 1:31 PM
what was i gonna type again ? O.o
6. Daisy - June 27, 2009 2:03 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max went to France with his family. His dad told him the left bank was beautiful, and askd Max if he knew what was on the other side. Max said Bank of America? Later Max went out to a night club with a hooker and got caught by his dad. Max said Baja's dad always lets him go drinking with whores.
7. blp - June 27, 2009 2:03 PM
I was watching "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind" last night too and now I'm thinking that could really happen. I always watch repeats of it for Kirsten in her panties.
8. jake - June 27, 2009 2:10 PM
"Yeah, that was really, um -- that wasn't you, was it? Oh synapse!" lol, hilarious!
9. r1ckYyFACE! - June 27, 2009 3:27 PM
soooooo basically one day we can start creating memories.......this is just a footstep in the sands of time, but seriously, now that we can see, we can also replicate.........invest in it now
10. Watch-303 - June 27, 2009 4:27 PM
COOL!
11. new school old school .com - June 27, 2009 6:07 PM
strangely looks a lot like that old atari game, asteroids
12. Jaded Icon - June 27, 2009 6:31 PM
I want you to implant memories where all the girls in high school laughed at me. Wow! Its working! Thanks! Oh, wait........that memory was already there. You fibber!!
13. Jenifer - June 27, 2009 7:04 PM
Why does it look like an old person going in for the breast feed?
14. ಠ_ಠ - June 27, 2009 8:31 PM
ಠ_ಠ
15. c45 - June 27, 2009 9:40 PM
lol, it does look like that.
16. Jesus Man - June 28, 2009 6:47 AM
They should do this test while someones on drugs. like lsd or dmt. and see what go's on in the brain that would be more Phucking interesting then f**king memory's!
and what's with the guy who comments every picture as fake?
i think he needs to bake a cake!
so i can call it fake!
also why does our mind play astroids sideways with so many players in yellow ships for long term memory to exist?
god don't even know
-god
peace out braaa!
17. Jerry - June 28, 2009 11:13 AM
Somehow I thought my memories would look better than that.
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18. GLADIATOR - June 28, 2009 1:45 PM
@ 12
That is exact'y what occured to me when I saw the pic ...
Time to break out the old Atari 2600 FTW
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19. Johnny B - June 28, 2009 4:18 PM
Oh synapse!
ROTFLMFAO
20. sobored - June 29, 2009 3:00 AM
I smell fake memories coming up, soon the robots will give us fake memories making us think they're friendly and then BAM, robots enslave humans.
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21. Anonymous - June 29, 2009 3:31 AM
That is really cool! but like they said "or perhaps even making new ones, helps our minds associate different ideas and form memories of connected events." sooo wouldnt that mean that they could make fake memorys? :P
22. Anonymous - June 29, 2009 3:32 AM
That is really cool! but like they said "or perhaps even making new ones, helps our minds associate different ideas and form memories of connected events." sooo wouldnt that mean that they could make fake memorys? :P
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