A new study ties the size of the pupil to the process of memory consolidation in sleep. (Credit: Sruilk/Shutterstock) Your pupils say a lot about you — about your mental state, your attention span, ...

Researchers have found the pupil is key to understanding how, and when, the brain forms strong, long-lasting memories. Cornell University researchers have found the pupil is key to understanding ...

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By analyzing pupil dynamics during sleep, the researchers identified a sophisticated mechanism in the brain that prevents “catastrophic forgetting,” a phenomenon where forming new memories disrupts ...

(Fun fact: mice can sleep with their eyes open.) The team found two substages happening during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, that restorative period crucial to forming memories. One replayed ...

A contracted pupil during sleep may be an indication the brain is replaying new memories while a dilated one may hint at older memories being relived, a new study suggests. The study, published in ...

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New clues have emerged in the mystery of how the brain avoids ‘catastrophic forgetting’ — the distortion and overwriting of previously established memories when new ones are created.

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