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Showing posts with label June 12. Show all posts

As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles (A Food Lovers’ Village Mystery): Interview with Author Leslie Budewitz

Erin is one smart cookie, but can she keep the holiday spirit—and herself—alive till Christmas? In Jewel Bay, all is merry and bright. At Murphy’s Mercantile, AKA the Merc, manager Erin Murphy is ringing in the holiday season with food, drink, and a new friend: Merrily Thornton. A local girl gone wrong, Merrily has turned […]
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New Teddy Bear Shop Mystery: Bearly Departed by Meg Macy

>>>Enter to win Gummi Bears, a teddy bear and a Print Copy of the book <<< As manager of the family teddy bear shop and factory, thirty-one-year-old Sasha Silverman leads a charmed life. Well, except for the part about being a single divorcĂ©e with a ticking biological clock in small-town Silver Hollow. And that’s just […]
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Alcohol’s Unexpected Effect on Memory and Learning

Alcohol’s Unexpected Effect on Memory and Learning:

Alcohol can actually help some areas of the brain learn and remember.

While it’s true that alcohol is generally bad for conscious memory, it can boost unconscious memory.

This may help explain why alcohol — and other drugs — can be so habit-forming.

Or to put it another way, previous ethanol experience enhances synaptic plasticity of NMDA receptors in the ventral tegmental area.

Read more at Jeremy Dean’s PsyBlog

Original study here


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Filed under: Science! Tagged: alcohol, booze, drinking, Jeremy Dean, memory, neuroscience, science, some good news for a change
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Alcohol’s Unexpected Effect on Memory and Learning

Alcohol’s Unexpected Effect on Memory and Learning:

Alcohol can actually help some areas of the brain learn and remember.

While it’s true that alcohol is generally bad for conscious memory, it can boost unconscious memory.

This may help explain why alcohol — and other drugs — can be so habit-forming.

Or to put it another way, previous ethanol experience enhances synaptic plasticity of NMDA receptors in the ventral tegmental area.

Read more at Jeremy Dean’s PsyBlog

Original study here


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THE MUSUBI MURDER August 2015 Amazon / B&N /Powell’s /Audible / iTunes


Filed under: Science! Tagged: alcohol, booze, drinking, Jeremy Dean, memory, neuroscience, science, some good news for a change
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