TEDYouth: "The act of remembering is a new experience in itself. Each time we retrieve a memory and re-store it, it's a little bit different—what we remember is not the original event, it's our latest version of it."

Daniela Schiller joins a group of passionate speakers who inspire creativity, share mind-shifting stories, and engage the TED Youth audience in ways that every student deserves (Nov. 19). [article]

The Royal Society: "Does emotion serve a particular function? How important is emotion in artistic expression? How do we study emotion in science and the arts?"

Daniela Schiller joins Ray Dolan, Professor of Neuropsychiatry at UCL, on a panel of experts representing the literary world and the visual arts to discuss these and other fascinating questions. [article] [webcast]

Guardian.co.uk: "Research suggests a simple way to neutralise memories that evoke fear, but perhaps it is by learning to cope with life's random tragedies that we develop as humans?" [article]

Nature: Video on our non-invasive way to affect memory reconsolidation in humans. [video]

DNAinfo.com: Our research was awarded the Blavatnik award of the New York Academy of Sciences. [article] [interview]

Blavatnik Award Info: http://www.nyas.org/awards/10blavatnik.aspx

2009

Nature: NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation. NeuroPod included us in the most important studies of the year 2009. [podcast]

New York Times: "A new study suggests that doctors can take advantage of the brain's natural updating process—the way it might soften its impression of, say, pit bulls after seeing a playful one—to treat phobias, post-traumatic stress and other anxiety disorders." [article]

Guardian.co.uk: "Ancient brain circuits light up so we can judge people on first impressions." [article]