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• Alzheimer's
  Alzheimer's Research
  Dementia
  Diabetes
  Memory
  Healthy Aging
   

  Diabetes Drug Improves Memory, Study Suggests

  November 20, 2012 — An FDA-approved drug initially used to treat insulin resistance in diabetics has shown promise as a way to improve cognitive performance in some people with Alzheimer's ... > full story
• Intelligence
  Dementia
  Educational Psychology
  Multiple Sclerosis Research
  Memory
  Neuroscience
   

  Experimental Drug Improves Memory in Mice With Multiple Sclerosis

  November 19, 2012 — Researchers report the successful use of a form of MRI to identify what appears to be a key biochemical marker for cognitive impairment in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). In ... > full story
• Kidney Disease
  Intelligence
  Dementia
  Behavior
  Diseases and Conditions
  Hypertension
   

  Decreased Kidney Function Leads to Decreased Cognitive Functioning, Study Finds

  November 19, 2012 — Decreased kidney function is associated with decreased cognitive functioning in areas such as global cognitive ability, abstract reasoning and verbal memory, according to new research. This is the ... > full story
• Memory
  Intelligence
  Child Psychology
  Dementia
  Child Development
  Psychology
   

  New Research Explores Why We Remember and Why We Forget

  November 16, 2012 — Psychological scientists are exploring the mechanisms that underlie memory to understand why we remember certain things and why we forget ... > full story
• Insomnia Research
  Sleep Disorders
  Insomnia
  Sleep Disorder Research
  Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Could Poor Sleep Contribute to Symptoms of Schizophrenia?

  November 14, 2012 — Neuroscientists studying the link between poor sleep and schizophrenia have found that irregular sleep patterns and desynchronized brain activity during sleep could trigger some of the disease's ... > full story
• Intelligence
  Infant's Health
  Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Brain Tumor
  Nervous System
   

  Teenagers' Brains Affected by Preterm Birth

  November 13, 2012 — Teenagers born prematurely may suffer brain development problems that directly affect their memory and learning ... > full story
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Dementia
  Parkinson's Research
   
  

  Newborn Neurons -- Even in the Adult Aging Brain -- Are Critical for Memory

  November 11, 2012 — Newborn neurons in the adult hippocampus are critical for memory retrieval, according to a new ... > full story
• Autism
  Intelligence
  Memory
  Children's Health
  Birth Defects
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Link Found Between Child Prodigies and Autism

  November 9, 2012 — A new study of eight child prodigies suggests a possible link between these children’s special skills and ... > full story
• Memory
  Intelligence
  Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Dementia
  Psychology
   
  

  Computational Neuroscience: Memory-Making Is All About the Connection

  November 8, 2012 — A model that shows how connections in the brain must change to form memories could help to develop artificial cognitive ... > full story
• Intelligence
  Brain Injury
  Memory
  Brain Tumor
  Neuroscience
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Making Memories: Exploring the Anatomy of Recollection

  November 8, 2012 — With the help of data collected from intracranial electrodes implanted on epilepsy patients, researchers are getting a rare look inside the brain in hopes of discovering the exact pattern of activity ... > full story

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