Grief and Bereavement Articles and Grief Research 

A new study by a team of international researchers has uncovered a biological explanation for long-term memories. It centers on the discovery of the role of a molecule, KIBRA, that serves as a 'glue' to other molecules, thereby solidifying memory formation. "Previous efforts to understand how molecules store long-term memory focused on the individual actions of single molecules" explains André Fenton, a professor of neural science at New York University and one of the study's principal investigators. "Our study shows how they work together to ensure perpetual memory storage."

My husband died just over a year ago, so on January 1st I will start my second year without him, and I am not looking forward to it. It's not that I am immobilized by grief, as I have gotten better across the months in that department, and actually feel pretty good and function pretty well when I am visiting our children across the country or traveling with friends. It's just that I feel lost and listless at home, even though there are 100 things I need to be doing—from cleaning out closets to straightening the garage to finding something to do with my time. But it all just feels overwhelming, and so I just watch TV or curl up in bed.