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Brain Region Vulnerable to Aging Is Larger in Those With Longevity Gene Variant
Jan. 27, 2015 — People who carry a variant of a gene that is associated with longevity also have larger volumes in a front part of the brain involved in planning and decision-making, according to ... full story -
Support Cells in Brain Offer New Strategy to Boost Memory
Jan. 26, 2015 — A new memory regulator in the brain involving adenosine receptors has been uncovered by researchers, which may offer a potential treatment to improve memory in Alzheimer's disease. The findings ... full story -
Majority of Homeless Adults With Mental Illness Have High Rates of Cognitive Deficits
Jan. 26, 2015 — Nearly three-quarters of homeless adults with mental illness in Canada show evidence of cognitive deficits, such as difficulties with problem solving, learning and memory, new research has found. The ... full story -
Use It or Lose It: Active Learning Improves Cognitive Learning in Active Adults
Jan. 23, 2015 — Older adults who learn a new, mentally demanding skill can improve their cognitive function, according to research. "When we see all these media reports that tell people that they should get ... full story -
Why All-Nighters Don't Work: How Sleep, Memory Go Hand-in-Hand
Jan. 23, 2015 — Scientists have long known that sleep, memory and learning are deeply connected but how has remained a mystery. The question is, does the mechanism that promotes sleep also consolidate memory, or do ... full story -
Genome-Wide Search Reveals New Genes Involved in Long-Term Memory
Jan. 22, 2015 — Genes involved in long-term memory in the worm have been discovered as part of research aimed at finding ways to retain cognitive abilities during aging. The study identified more than 750 genes ... full story -
Sleep Tight and Stay Bright? Invest Now, Researcher Says
Jan. 22, 2015 — Sound sleep in young and middle-aged people helps memory and learning, but as they hit their seventh, eighth and ninth decades — and generally don’t sleep as much or as well — sleep is not ... full story -
Blood Vessels in Older Brains Break Down, Possibly Leading to Alzheimer's
Jan. 21, 2015 — Researchers used high-resolution imaging of the living human brain to show for the first time that the brain's protective blood barrier becomes leaky with age, starting at the hippocampus, a ... full story -
Seeing Is Not Remembering, It Turns out
Jan. 21, 2015 — People may have to 'turn on' their memories in order to remember even the simplest details of an experience, according to psychologists. This finding, which has been named 'attribute ... full story -
Men and Women Process Emotions Differently
Jan. 20, 2015 — Women rate emotional images as more emotionally stimulating than men do and are more likely to remember them. However, there are no gender-related differences in emotional appraisal as far as neutral ... full story -
How the Brain Recognizes Danger: New Discovery
Jan. 19, 2015 — Our existence depends on a bit of evolutionary genius aptly nicknamed “fight or flight.” But where in our brain does the alarm first go off, and what other parts of the brain are mobilized to ... full story -
Closing Your Eyes Boosts Memory Recall, New Study Finds
Jan. 16, 2015 — Further evidence has been found to suggest that eyewitnesses to crimes remember more accurate details when they close their eyes. The team also discovered that building a rapport with witnesses also ... full story -
How Midbrain Map Continuously Updates Visuospatial Memory
Jan. 15, 2015 — Researchers have discovered a new physiological system that continuously updates the remembered location of visual targets. The finding also suggests that continuous updating of signals could emerge ... full story -
People Can Be Convinced They Committed a Crime That Never Happened
Jan. 15, 2015 — Innocent adult participants can be convinced, over the course of a few hours, that they had perpetrated crimes as serious as assault with a weapon in their teenage years. This research indicates that ... full story -
Depression, Behavioral Changes May Precede Memory Loss in Alzheimer's
Jan. 14, 2015 — Depression and behavioral changes may occur before memory declines in people who will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to new research. Researchers have known that many people ... full story -
Electrical Stimulation 'Tunes' Visual Attention
Jan. 14, 2015 — Picking a needle out of a haystack might seem like the stuff of fairytales, but our brains can be electrically "tuned" to enable us to do a much better job of finding what we're ... full story -
Napping Helps Infants' Memory Development
Jan. 13, 2015 — After studying over 200 young children, researchers have concluded that daytime naps of 30 minutes or more help infants to retain and remember new behaviors, adding that bedtime stories are ... full story -
Researchers Dispute Warning That Drugs for High Cholesterol Could Impair Memory, Cognitive Functioning
Jan. 12, 2015 — Review of clinical trials show no link between statin use and changes in cognition, say researchers who question whether there is substance to the US Food and Drug Agency's recent warning that ... full story -
Nasal Spray With Insulin Equivalent Shows Promise as Treatment for Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Dementia
Jan. 8, 2015 — A human-made form of insulin delivered by nasal spray may improve working memory and other mental capabilities in adults with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease dementia, ... full story -
Practice Really Does Make Perfect
Jan. 8, 2015 — New research into the way in which we learn new skills finds that a single skill can be learned faster if its follow-through motion is consistent, but multiple skills can be learned simultaneously if ... full story
- Support cells in brain offer new strategy to boost memory
- Majority of homeless adults with mental illness have high rates of cognitive deficits
- Use it or lose it: Active learning improves cognitive learning in active adults
- Why all-nighters don't work: How sleep, memory go hand-in-hand
- Genome-wide search reveals new genes involved in long-term memory
- Sleep tight and stay bright? Invest now, researcher says
- Blood vessels in older brains break down, possibly leading to Alzheimer's
- Seeing is not remembering, it turns out
- How midbrain map continuously updates visuospatial memory
- People can be convinced they committed a crime that never happened
- Depression, behavioral changes may precede memory loss in Alzheimer's
- Electrical stimulation 'tunes' visual attention
- Nasal spray with insulin equivalent shows promise as treatment for adults with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s dementia
- Practice really does make perfect
- Too much gas, too little food appear major factors in injury, disease-related memory loss
- Smile to remember a smile: Facial expression used to help recall emotion
- Two brain regions join forces for absolute pitch
- Cardiorespiratory fitness improves memory among older adults, study shows
- Existing drug, riluzole, may prevent foggy 'old age' brain, research shows
- The dementia that is not Alzheimer's disease
- Personalized advertising attracts more attention and makes contents of ads easier to remember
- Tooth loss linked to slowing mind, body
- Of bugs and brains: Striking similarities in brain structures across invertebrates
- Subtle but important memory function affected by preterm birth
- Multiple, short learning sessions strengthen memory formation in fragile X syndrome
- Cognitive training can improve brain performance of students in poverty
- Saving old information can boost memory for new information
- It doesn’t add up: People who say they are good at math, but aren't
- Eleven maps for eleven rooms: Probing the brain's extensive capacity for storing memories
- Shedding new light on the formation of emotional fear memories
- Brain injury researchers find retrieval practice improves memory in youth with tbi
- Brain activity after smokers quit predicts chances of relapsing, suggests study
- Brain study uncovers new clues on how cues may affect memory
- Brain researchers pinpoint gateway to human memory
- Isolation of important centres in brain results in age-related memory deficits
- How does the brain react to virtual reality? Completely different pattern of activity in brain
- Babies remember nothing but a good time, study says
- From architect to social worker: Complex jobs may protect memory and thinking later in life
- Spatial memory: Orientation study suggests that a visual image of the intermediate spatial environment exists in brain
- Improving memory by suppressing a molecule that links aging to Alzheimer's disease
- Scientists prevent memory problems caused by sleep deprivation
- Seniors draw on extra brainpower for shopping
- Musicians show advantages in long-term memory
- Spice up your memory: Just one gram of turmeric a day could boost memory
- Biologists explore link between memory deficit and misfiring circadian clock in Siberian hamsters
- Trans fat consumption linked to diminished memory in working-aged adults
- Brain receptor cell could be new target for Alzheimer's
- State-of-the-art integrated imaging system allows mapping of brain cells responsible for memory
- With rewards, we remember more than we should
- Behavioral flexibility impaired after exposure to oxycodone
- Cookie Monster teaches self-control
- The science behind total recall: New player in brain function and memory
- Vitamin B may not reduce risk of memory loss after all
- Focusing on executive functions in kindergarten leads to lasting academic improvements
- Genetic variant linked to better memory performance found
- Memory disorders: New targets, test to develop treatments
- The brain’s 'inner GPS' gets dismantled
- Statins reverse learning disabilities caused by genetic disorder
- Is your relationship moving toward marriage? If it isn't, you probably can't admit it
- Why anesthetics cause prolonged memory loss
- Long term shift work linked to impaired brain power
- Neuroscientists offer novel insight on brain networks
- Activity in dendrites critical in memory formation
- Dietary cocoa flavanols reverse age-related memory decline in healthy older adults
- Smoking interferes with neurocognitive recovery during abstinence from alcohol
- Memory decline among menopausal women could be next research frontier for hypnotic relaxation therapy
- Mental rest and reflection boost learning, study suggests
- Sport in old age can stimulate brain fitness, but effect decreases with advancing age
- Working memory hinders learning in schizophrenia
- Sugar linked to memory problems in adolescent rats
- Near-death experiences? Results of the world's largest medical study of the human mind and consciousness at time of death
- Gaming vs. reading: Do they benefit teenagers with cognition or school performance?
- A glimpse into the 3-D brain: How memories form
- Improving cultural sensitivity in cognition testing
- Strong working memory puts brakes on problematic drug use
- Using eyewitness identifications: New report urges caution
- How curiosity changes the brain to enhance learning
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