Neuroscientists have long posited that #memory functions like an on/off switch—either your brain remembers something or it doesn’t. The #RajasethupathyLab discovered that the truth is more complicated. #RockefellerScience #YearInReview

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Researchers identify gene that calms the mind and improves attention in mice - News Attention disorders such as ADHD involve a breakdown in our ability to separate signal from noise. As the brain is constantly bombarded with information, focus depends on its ability to filter out distractions and detect what matters. Currently used sti...

The #RajasethupathyLab has identified a gene that improves attention, findings in @natneuro.nature.com that may lead to a novel therapeutic approach to calming the mind. The study has implications for treating #ADHD as well as autism and schizophrenia.

Leslie Sibener and How Our Brains Choose Which Memories to Keep Leslier Sibener, a member of the Simons Foundation's Simons Society of Fellows, sat down for a conversation about her work on memory.

Don't miss this Q&A with Leslie Sibener of the #RajasethupathyLab from the @simonsfoundation.org. In it, Sibener discusses her research on how our brains prioritize which memories to hold onto and which to let go.