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Alzheimer's Plaques in PET Brain Scans Identify Future Cognitive Decline
July 11, 2012 — Among patients with mild or no cognitive impairment, brain scans using a new radioactive dye can detect early evidence of Alzheimer's disease that may predict future decline, according to new ... > full story -
Timeline Maps Brain's Descent Into Alzheimer's
July 11, 2012 — Scientists have assembled the most detailed chronology to date of the human brain’s long, slow slide into full-blown Alzheimer’s ... > full story -
Memories Serve as Tools for Learning and Decision-Making
July 11, 2012 — People associate past memories with novel information, according to a new study. This memory-binding process allows people to better understand new concepts and make future decisions. The findings ... > full story -
Using Biomarkers to Identify and Treat Schizophrenia
July 11, 2012 — Scientists have identified a set of laboratory-based biomarkers that can be useful for understanding brain-based abnormalities in schizophrenia. The measurements, known as endophenotypes, could ... > full story -
Nutrient Mixture Improves Memory in Patients With Early Alzheimer's
July 10, 2012 — A clinical trial of an Alzheimer's disease treatment developed at MIT has found that the nutrient cocktail can improve memory in patients with early ... > full story -
Training Improves Recognition of Quickly Presented Objects
July 9, 2012 — "Attentional blink" is the term psychologists use to describe our inability to recognize a second important object if we see it less than half a second after a first one. It always seemed impossible ... > full story -
Girls' Mathematics Performance More Likely to Suffer Than Boys' as a Result of Mathematics Anxiety
July 9, 2012 — If a train is travelling a distance of 55 miles at 150mph, how long will it take to reach its destination? If the thought of having to answer this question makes you apprehensive, then you may have ... > full story -
What Makes Us Musical Animals
July 6, 2012 — Researchers argue that at least two, seemingly trivial musical skills can be considered fundamental to the evolution of music: relative pitch – the skill to recognize a melody independent of ... > full story -
Diabetes Drug Makes Brain Cells Grow
July 5, 2012 — The widely used diabetes drug metformin comes with a rather unexpected and alluring side effect: it encourages the growth of new neurons in the brain, according to researchers. Their study also finds ... > full story -
Postoperative Delirium in Cardiac Surgery Patients Associated With Prolonged Cognitive Impairment
July 5, 2012 — Postoperative delirium has been linked to prolonged loss of cognitive function in cardiac surgery patients. The findings suggest that interventions to prevent delirium in advance of surgery could ... > full story
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