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Stress impairs your brain’s ability to link memories — dampening insight 0
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- May 23, 2026
Stress has widespread effects on the brain.Credit: K H Fung/Science Photo Library Acute stress makes it difficult to link memories of past events with fresh information, a study1 suggests. The results help to explain why people struggle to show insight under pressure. The study, published today in Science Advances, combined brain imaging and psychological testing
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Becoming a mother leaves long-lasting molecular memories 0
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- May 20, 2026
Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01327-9 In mice, motherhood induces transcriptional changes in the brain that endure beyond short-term hormonal shifts. Postpartum stress disrupts these patterns.
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Immune cells in the blood drive cognitive ageing — blocking them improves memory 0
- SCIENCE
- May 14, 2026
Age-related memory decline could be caused by ageing immune cells.Credit: JasonDoiy/Getty A type of immune cell circulating in the blood contributes to cognitive ageing, and blocking its effects can reverse the changes, suggests a mouse study published in Immunity on 14 May1. T cells have many jobs, chiefly destroying pathogens. But as people age, a
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Stress impairs your brain’s ability to link memories — dampening insight
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- May 23, 2026
Becoming a mother leaves long-lasting molecular memories
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Immune cells in the blood drive cognitive ageing — blocking them improves memory
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- May 14, 2026

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