The University of Geulph has conducted new research on the brain and memory that could help in creating therapies for those with schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s Disease, according to Medical News Today.
Boyer Winters, a psychology professor the university, and his talented research team recently published their findings to the Journal of Neuroscience.
How the brain recognizes and remembers certain objects was one of the key pieces of information for Winters and his research team.
“Our study suggests that past experience with an object alters the brain circuitry responsible for object recognition,” said Winters.
“It has significant implications for our understanding of multi-sensory information processing.”
In the brain, there are designated areas that comprehends information for things like touch and sight. This is how the brain recognizes information even if they have never seen that particular item before.
“Knowing what an object looks like enables them to assimilate information in a way that doesn’t happen when there is no pre-exposure,” Winters said.
“Our study suggests there is an assigned region of the brain for memory based on previous experience with objects.”
The more exposure to an object, the more information that our brain holds about that particular object. This leads to more efficient behavioral responses, according to Winters.