Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez has found ways to plant memories in mice. Here's what that could mean for humans.

In his new book, neuroscientist Steve Ramirez delves in the fast-growing field of memory manipulation, which is being explored as a treatment for depression and other mental health conditions. Reading ...

This post is a review of How To Change A Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest To Alter The Past. By Steve Ramirez. Princeton University Press. 238 pp. $29.95. “Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ...

“A memory looks more like a web in the brain than a single spot,” says neuroscientist and National Geographic Explorer Steve Ramirez of Boston University. That's because when a memory is created, it ...

In the United States alone, over 14 million adults suffer from alcohol use disorder. For those that seek treatment, 90% will experience at least one relapse within the first four years. One reason for ...

Researchers from Boston University have found that manipulating how fear-based memories are processed may modify addictive behavior linked to alcohol consumption. When a person consumes alcohol, it ...

Professor and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez, shown working with brain samples, is exploring the science of memory manipulation. (Alex Wenchel / National Geographic Society) We often think of memories ...