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Drug Therapy Could Eventually Reverse Memory Decline in Seniors
Mar. 5, 2014 It may seem normal: As we age, we misplace car keys, or can't remember a name we just learned or a meal we just ordered. But researchers say memory trouble doesn't have to be inevitable, ... full story -
First Glimpse of Brain Circuit That Helps Experience to Shape Perception
Mar. 2, 2014 How do our memories shape the way sensory information is collected? For the first time, scientists have demonstrated a way to observe how our experiences shape sensory information in awake animals. ... full story -
Our Memory for Sounds Is Significantly Worse Than Our Memory for Visual or Tactile Things
Feb. 26, 2014 Remember that sound bite you heard on the radio this morning? The grocery items your spouse asked you to pick up? Chances are, you won't. Researchers have found that when it comes to memory, we ... full story -
Factors Affecting Self-Reporting Among People With Traumatic Brain Injury Evaluated
Feb. 26, 2014 Among individuals with traumatic brain injury, depression and self-awareness affect subjective reports of memory, quality of life, and satisfaction with life, new research has found. Impairment in ... full story -
White Matter Disease Exacts Heavy Toll, Increasing Risk of Stroke, Alzheimer's, Dementia
Feb. 24, 2014 More evidence has been accumulated that damage to cognitive areas is widespread from white matter disease. White matter disease is responsible for about a fifth of all strokes worldwide, more than ... full story -
New Ideas Change Your Brain Cells, Research Shows
Feb. 24, 2014 An important molecular change has been discovered that occurs in the brain when we learn and remember. The research shows that learning stimulates our brain cells in a manner that causes a small ... full story -
Brain Region Essential for Social Memory Identified
Feb. 23, 2014 A small region of the hippocampus known as CA2 is essential for social memory, the ability of an animal to recognize another of the same species, a new study concludes. In humans, the importance of ... full story -
Fruit-Loving Lemurs Score Higher on Spatial Memory Tests
Feb. 21, 2014 Food-finding tests in five lemur species show fruit-eaters may have better spatial memory than lemurs with a more varied diet. The results support the idea that relying on foods that are seasonally ... full story -
MS Cognitive Rehabilitation: Task Meaningfulness Influences Learning, Memory, Research Finds
Feb. 21, 2014 In multiple sclerosis, self-generation in cognitive rehabilitation may be influenced by task meaningfulness and type during learning and memory. These results of this study have implications for the ... full story -
If You Think You Have Alzheimer's, You Just Might Be Right, Study Suggests
Feb. 21, 2014 A correlation between self-reported incidence of memory loss and development of cognitive memory impairment later in life has been identified through a new study. The results are meaningful because ... full story -
Mechanism Behind Activation of Dormant Memory Cells Discovered
Feb. 20, 2014 The electrical stimulation of the hippocampus in in-vivo experiments activates precisely the same receptor complexes as learning or memory recall. This has been discovered for the first time. The ... full story -
Workings of Working Memory Revealed
Feb. 19, 2014 Cognitive scientists have identified specific brain regions that work together to allow us to choose from among the options we store in working memory. Keep this in mind: Scientists say they've ... full story -
Protein's Role in Human Memory and Learning: Deficiency in SNX27 Could Explain the Learning Difficulties in Down's Syndrome
Feb. 19, 2014 Scientists have identified the precise role of the protein, SNX27, in the pathway leading to memory and learning impairment. The study broadens the understanding of the brain's memory function ... full story -
Most of Us Have Made Best Memories by Age 25
Feb. 19, 2014 By the time most people are 25, they have made the most important memories of their lives, according to new ... full story -
A Brain Circuit for Recognizing Change
Feb. 18, 2014 To answer the seemingly simple question “Have I been here before?” we must use our memories of previous experiences to determine if our current location is familiar or novel. Scientists have now ... full story -
How Memory, Schizophrenia Are Connected
Feb. 13, 2014 Many psychiatric disorders are accompanied by memory deficits. Scientists have now identified a network of genes that controls fundamental properties of neurons and is important for human brain ... full story -
Common Infections May Increase Risk for Memory Decline
Feb. 13, 2014 Exposure to common infections is linked to problems with memory and cognitive skills. The cognitive decline may be evident even when the infection is ... full story -
New Pathway for Fear Discovered Deep Within Brain
Feb. 12, 2014 Fear is primal. In the wild, it serves as a protective mechanism, but for humans, fear is more complex. A normal amount keeps us safe. But too much fear, like PTSD, can prevent people from living ... full story -
What Makes Memories Last? Prion-Like Proteins Help Create Long-Term Memories
Feb. 11, 2014 Prions can be notoriously destructive, spurring proteins to misfold and interfere with cellular function as they spread without control. New research reveals that certain prion-like proteins, ... full story -
'Growth Charts' for Cognitive Development May Lead to Earlier Diagnosis, Treatment for Children With Risk for Psychosis
Feb. 11, 2014 Researchers have developed a better way to assess and diagnose psychosis in young children. By “growth charting” cognitive development alongside the presentation of psychotic symptoms, they have ... full story -
Excess Weight Linked to Brain Changes That May Relate to Memory, Emotions, and Appetite
Feb. 11, 2014 Being overweight appears related to reduced levels of a molecule that reflects brain cell health in the hippocampus, a part of the brain involved in memory, learning, and emotions, and likely also ... full story
- 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
- Motivating women to forget the message: When do breast cancer ads backfire?
- Music brings memories back to the injured brain
- New scheme uses shared visual cues to help people remember multiple passwords
- Important discovery related to anxiety disorders, trauma
- Aerobic fitness, hormones predict recognition memory in young adults
- Age-related cognitive decline linked to energy available to synapses in prefrontal cortex
- Memories 'geotagged' with spatial information
- Gene found responsible for susceptibility to panic disorder
- First Class 1 evidence for cognitive rehabilitation in MS
- Preventing marijuana-induced memory problems with over-the-counter painkillers
- The company you keep shapes what you learn, study in locusts suggests
- Statin use not linked to a decline in cognitive function
- Meditation may help slow progression of Alzheimer's disease
- Intranasal insulin improves cognitive function in patients with type 2 diabetes
- Compound inhibits cognitive impairment in animal models of Alzheimer's disease
- Nurture impacts nature: Experiences leave genetic mark on brain, behavior
- Hormones impact stress, memories, understanding social cues
- Stress makes snails forgetful
- Postoperative pain may increase risk of temporary problems with learning, memory
- Lower blood sugars may be good for the brain
- Multiple sclerosis: Functional change in brain as cause of cognitive disorders
- A trace of memory, explored
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