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'I Spy' Used to Show Spoken Language Helps Direct Children's Eyes
Apr. 17, 2014 Children spot objects more quickly when prompted by words than if they are only prompted by images, cognitive scientists have demonstrated. Spoken language taps into children's cognitive system, ... full story -
In Old Age, Lack of Emotion, Interest May Signal Brain Is Shrinking
Apr. 16, 2014 Older people who have apathy but not depression may have smaller brain volumes than those without apathy, according to a new study. Apathy is a lack of interest or ... full story -
How Kids' Brain Structures Grow as Memory Develops
Apr. 16, 2014 Our ability to store memories improves during childhood, associated with structural changes in the hippocampus and its connections with prefrontal and parietal cortices. New research is exploring how ... full story -
How Smells Stick to Your Memories: Your Nose Can Be a Pathfinder
Apr. 16, 2014 Waves in your brain make smells stick to your memories and inner maps. Researchers have recently discovered the process behind this phenomenon. The brain, it turns out, connects smells to memories ... full story -
Synapses: Stability in Transformation
Apr. 16, 2014 Synapses are the points of contact at which information is transmitted between neurons. Without them, we would not be able to form thoughts or remember things. For memories to endure, synapses ... full story -
Scientists Explain How Memories Stick Together
Apr. 16, 2014 A new model of memory that explains how neurons retain select memories a few hours after an event has been uncovered by researchers. This new framework provides a more complete picture of how memory ... full story -
Kids' Earliest Memories Might Be Earlier Than They Think
Apr. 15, 2014 The very earliest childhood memories might begin even earlier than anyone realized -- including the one remembering, his or her parents and memory researchers. Four- to 13-year-olds in upstate New ... full story -
Exams in Cold Auditoriums? Better Memory at Ideal Temperature
Apr. 15, 2014 People’s working memory functions better if they are working in an ambient temperature where they feel most comfortable. The conjecture is that working in one's preferred temperature ... full story -
Neuroscientists: Brain Activity May Mark Beginning of Memories
Apr. 14, 2014 By tracking brain activity when an animal stops to look around its environment, neuroscientists can mark the birth of a memory. The hippocampus is the brain's warehouse for long- and short-term ... full story -
Head Injuries Can Make Children Loners
Apr. 10, 2014 Kids three years after an initial head incident were found to have lingering injury in the brain's right frontal lobe, which is associated with lower social competence (participation in groups, ... full story -
Older People With Faster Decline in Memory and Thinking Skills May Have Lower Risk of Cancer Death
Apr. 9, 2014 Older people who are starting to have memory and thinking problems, but do not yet have dementia may have a lower risk of dying from cancer than people who have no memory and thinking problems, ... full story -
Regular Aerobic Exercise Boosts Memory Area of Brain in Older Women
Apr. 8, 2014 Regular aerobic exercise seems to boost the size of the area of the brain involved in verbal memory and learning among women whose intellectual capacity has been affected by age, indicates a small ... full story -
Processing New Information During Sleep Compromises Memory
Apr. 8, 2014 New research highlights the important role sleep plays in strengthening and maintaining the accuracy of a memory and hints at why the brain shuts out sensory information during periods of deep sleep. ... full story -
From Learning in Infancy to Planning Ahead in Adulthood: Sleep's Vital Role for Memory
Apr. 8, 2014 Babies and young children make giant developmental leaps all of the time. Sometimes, it seems, even overnight they figure out how to recognize certain shapes or what the word 'no' means no ... full story -
Deep Brain Stimulation May Improve Cognition in Dementia, Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
Apr. 7, 2014 Intralaminar thalamic deep brain stimulation (ILN-DBS) has been studying to find out if it could have an effect on dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases that cause severe cognitive ... full story -
Green Tea Extract Boosts Your Brain Power, Especially the Working Memory, New Research Shows
Apr. 7, 2014 Green tea is said to have many putative positive effects on health. Now, researchers are reporting first evidence that green tea extract enhances the cognitive functions, in particular the working ... full story -
Dopamine, Hippocampus and Psychiatric Diseases: Clarifying Their Relationships
Apr. 3, 2014 The role that dopamine plays in a region of the brain called the hippocampus has been demonstrated for the first time. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a central role in brain function, and ... full story -
Running, Cardio Activities in Young Adulthood May Preserve Thinking Skills in Middle Age
Apr. 2, 2014 Young adults who run or participate in other cardio fitness activities may preserve their memory and thinking skills in middle age, according to a new study. Middle age was defined as ages 43 to 55 ... full story -
Addicts Who Live in the Moment May Get Most Benefit From Certain Kinds of Treatment
Mar. 31, 2014 A simple cognitive test may be able to predict how well an individual struggling with addiction will respond to certain treatments, according to a study led by an addiction expert. The human instinct ... full story -
In Mapping Feat, Scientists Pinpoint Neurons Where Select Memories Grow
Mar. 27, 2014 Memories are difficult to produce, often fragile, and dependent on any number of factors -- including changes to various types of nerves. In the common fruit fly -- a scientific doppelganger used to ... full story
- In old age, lack of emotion, interest may signal brain is shrinking
- How kids' brain structures grow as memory develops
- How smells stick to your memories: Your nose can be a pathfinder
- Synapses: stability in transformation
- Scientists explain how memories stick together
- Kids' earliest memories might be earlier than they think
- Exams in cold auditoriums? Better memory at ideal temperature
- Regular aerobic exercise boosts memory area of brain in older women
- Processing new information during sleep compromises memory
- From learning in infancy to planning ahead in adulthood: Sleep's vital role for memory
- Deep brain stimulation may improve cognition in dementia, other neurodegenerative diseases
- Green tea extract boosts your brain power, especially the working memory, new research shows
- New clue to autism found inside brain cells
- Eye movement when reading could be early indicator of Alzheimer's
- Lack of coronin 1 protein causes learning deficits, aggressive behavior
- Impaired new learning found in persons with Parkinson's disease
- Diabetes in Middle Age May Lead to Brain Cell Loss Later in Life
- COPD associated with increased risk for mild cognitive impairment
- Suppressing unwanted memories reduces their unconscious influence on behavior
- Rats' brains may 'remember' odor experienced while under general anesthesia, study suggests
- Chronic sleep disturbance could trigger onset of Alzheimer's
- Positive memories of exercise spur future workouts
- We must forget to avoid serious mental disorders, and forgetting is actively regulated
- What happened when? How the brain stores memories by time
- Chronic pain research delves into brain: New insight into how brain responds to pain
- Play it again, Sam: How the brain recognizes familiar music
- Drug therapy could eventually reverse memory decline in seniors
- Similarity breeds proximity in memory
- Our memory for sounds is significantly worse than our memory for visual or tactile things
- Factors affecting self-reporting among people with traumatic brain injury evaluated
- White matter disease exacts heavy toll, increasing risk of stroke, Alzheimer's, dementia
- New ideas change your brain cells, research shows
- Fruit-loving lemurs score higher on spatial memory tests
- MS cognitive rehabilitation: Task meaningfulness influences learning, memory, research finds
- If you think you have Alzheimer's, you just might be right, study suggests
- Workings of working memory revealed
- Protein's role in human memory and learning: Deficiency in SNX27 could explain the learning difficulties in Down's syndrome
- Most of us have made best memories by age 25
- What makes memories last? Prion-like proteins help create long-term memories
- 'Growth charts' for cognitive development may lead to earlier diagnosis, treatment for children with risk for psychosis
- Excess weight linked to brain changes that may relate to memory, emotions, and appetite
- Your memory is no video camera: It edits the past with present experiences
- Despite burden, Sjφgren's syndrome may not impede function
- When it comes to memory, quality matters more than quantity
- Brain structure, function predict future memory performance in children, adolescents
- H.M.'s brain yields new evidence: 3-D model of famous amnesiac's brain helps illuminate human memory
- Natural plant compound prevents Alzheimer's disease in mice
- Your childhood memories are probably less accurate than you think
- Psychologists document the age our earliest memories fade
- Infections damage ability to form spatial memories
- Timing is everything: How the brain links memories of sequential events
- Watching molecules morph into memories: Breakthrough allows scientists to probe how memories form in nerve cells
- A time for memories: How the brain determines the timing at which neurons in specific areas fire to create memories
- New index detects early signs of deviation from normal brain development
- The brain's RAM: Rats, like humans, have a 'working memory'
- Changes in brain gray matter volume associated with memory deficits in early Parkinson's disease
- Drugs that weaken traumatic memories hold promise for PTSD treatment
- Gene that influences the ability to remember faces identified
- Motor excitability predicts working memory
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