Motor Skill Myelination

Everyone knows that practice makes perfect. Throughout life we learn new motor skills and improve upon them as we grow. It seems common sense that practicing a particular task results in increased performance over time, but have you ever stopped to wonder how exactly that happens? An immense amount of research has gone into trying…

Enhancing Memory: One Stereotaxic Surgery Away

Imagine your life if you didn’t have the luxury of memory. Every day, in everything you do, you are using your memory to some degree. For instance, for me to type this sentence, I need to have a memory of things like where each key is on my keyboard, which words I want to use,…