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UrduSmall and seemingly specialized, the brain’s locus coeruleus (LC) region has been stereotyped for its outsized export of the arousal-stimulating neuromodulator norepinephrine. In a new paper and with a new grant from the National Institutes of Health, an MIT neuroscience…
Tag: MEMORY/COGNITIVE PROCESSES
Possible link between late-term births and better academic outcomes, study suggests
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Study: Young workers now value respect over ‘fun’ perks in the workplace
Researchers at University of Missouri and Kansas State University discovered having respectful communication outweighs ‘fun’ work perks when attracting and retaining young workers
Using technology to help informal caregivers manage medication for patients with dementia
NIA grant will fund user-centered design to create and test Helping the Helpers app
Occurrence of young-onset dementia
What The Study Did: This study included a meta-analysis that combined the results of 74 studies with 2.7 million participants to estimate how common globally dementia is in people younger than age 65. Authors: Sebastian Köhler, Ph.D., of Maastricht University…
Living near woodlands is good for children and young people’s mental health
Analysis of children and young people’s proximity to woodlands has shown links with better cognitive development and a lower risk of emotional and behavioural problems, in research led by UCL and Imperial College London scientists that could influence planning decisions…
Taking the brain out for a walk
A recent study shows that spending time outdoors has a positive effect on our brains
No more cone? Psychology researchers offer better tool for visualizing hurricane danger
Improving upon the ‘cone of uncertainty’
Rats prefer to help their own kind; humans may be similarly wired
New study reveals brain mechanism that drives rats to act out of kindness
Preferred life expectancy and its association with hypothetical adverse life scenarios
July 12, 2021– A new study sheds light on how the specter of dementia and chronic pain reduce people’s desire to live into older ages. Among Norwegians 60 years of age and older the desire to live into advanced ages…
Vocal music boosts the recovery of language functions after stroke
Research has shown that listening to music daily improves language recovery in patients who have experienced a stroke. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the phenomenon have so far remained unknown.
Corona gets us tired
Societies act rationally and in solidarity – but also increasingly experience a sense of fatigue, says a study of Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
How experiencing diverse emotions impacts students
Experiencing a variety of positive emotions–or emodiversity–may benefit high school students, according to a study published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology . Positive emodiversity was associated with greater engagement (which has cognitive, behavioral, and emotional components) and academic…
Novel study of high-potency cannabis shows some memory effects
PULLMAN, Wash. – Even before the pandemic made Zoom ubiquitous, Washington State University researchers were using the video conferencing app to research a type of cannabis that is understudied: the kind people actually use. For the study, published in Scientific…
Handwriting beats typing and watching videos for learning to read
Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn’t be so quick to throw away the pencils and paper: handwriting helps people learn certain skills surprisingly faster and significantly better…
Team find brain mechanism that automatically links objects in our minds
When people see a toothbrush, a car, a tree — any individual object — their brain automatically associates it with other things it naturally occurs with, allowing humans to build context for their surroundings and set expectations for the world.…
Researchers overcome winking, napping pigs to prove brain test works
URBANA, Ill. – If you’ve ever been to an eye doctor, there’s a good chance you’ve felt the sudden puff of air to the eye that constitutes a traditional test for glaucoma. It’s no one’s favorite experience, but the puff…
Memory making involves extensive DNA breaking
The urgency to remember a dangerous experience requires the brain to make a series of potentially dangerous moves: Neurons and other brain cells snap open their DNA in numerous locations–more than previously realized, according to a new study–to provide quick…
Autistic children can benefit from attention training – new study
Attention training in young people with autism can lead to significant improvements in academic performance, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK along with institutions in São Paolo, in Brazil, tested a computer…
Study reveals source of remarkable memory of “superagers”
For the first time, researchers have used fMRI to understand how some older adults can learn and remember new information as well as a 25-year-old.
Benefits of acute aerobic exercise on cognitive function: Why do 50% of studies find no connection?
Over the past 20 years, many studies have investigated the effects of acute aerobic exercise on cognitive performance. In recent years, meta-analyses *1 of data from these previous research studies have demonstrated that these a single bout of moderate aerobic…
Screening for dementia with artificial intelligence
The NIH has pledged nearly $4M to help researchers develop computer algorithms capable of detecting early warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists discover a new class of memory cells in the brain
Scientists have long searched in vain for a class of brain cells that could explain the visceral flash of recognition that we feel when we see a very familiar face, like that of our grandmothers. But the proposed “grandmother neuron”–a…
Study associates organic food intake in childhood with better cognitive development
Analysis of multiple prenatal and childhood environmental risk factors suggests that poor nutrition, house crowding and indoor air pollution are associated with poorer cognitive function
Ben-Gurion U. develop new measure continuous traumatic stress impact
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, June 22, 2021 — Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed the first methodology to assess symptoms associated with continuous exposure to traumatic stress from rocket attacks and other security threats, which are not currently…
Statin therapy not associated with cognitive decline, dementia in older adults, study says
Observational study adds to growing evidence on statins, but randomized trials are still needed
How childhood exercise could maintain and promote cognitive function in later life
A research group including Professor MATSUDA Tetsuya of Tamagawa University’s Brain Science Institute (Machida City, Tokyo; Director: SAKAGAMI Masamichi) and Assistant Professor ISHIHARA Toru from Kobe University’s Graduate School of Human Development and Environment has illuminated the changes in the brain’s neural network and cortex structure that underlie the positive association between childhood exercise and the maintenance and promotion of cognitive function in later life.
Commercial video games could help treat mental illness
Playing video games may provide low-cost, easy access, effective and stigma-free support
Pandemic adolescent mental health study reveals turnaround finding
Young people with poor mental health took a turn for the better during the pandemic but those with good mental health saw a considerable decline, new research reveals. The first nationally representative evidence regarding the diverse impact of the COVID-19…
New treatment stops progression of Alzheimer’s disease in monkey brains
A new therapy prompts immune defense cells to swallow misshapen proteins, amyloid beta plaques and tau tangles, whose buildup is known to kill nearby brain cells as part of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study shows. Led by researchers at NYU…
Earliest memories can start from the age of two-and-a-half, new study shows
On average the earliest memories that people can recall point back to when they were just two-and-a-half years old, a new study suggests.
Music listening near bedtime disruptive to sleep, Baylor study finds
Baylor sleep researcher Michael Scullin finds ‘earworms’ continue during sleep, can cause restless nights
Study identifies how COVID-19 linked to Alzheimer’s disease-like cognitive impairment
Cleveland Clinic-led research team used artificial intelligence to uncover association between COVID-19 and brain changes
Brain connections mean some people lack visual imagery
New research has revealed that people with the ability to visualise vividly have a stronger connection between their visual network and the regions of the brain linked to decision-making.
As novel sights become familiar, different brain rhythms, neurons take over
To focus on what’s new, we disregard what’s not. A new study by researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory substantially advances understanding of how a mammalian brain enables this “visual recognition memory.” Dismissing the things in a…
Nintendo® wii may help improve balance in children with cerebral palsy
Therapy based on the Nintendo® Wii Balance Board can help improve balance in children with cerebral palsy, according to an analysis published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology . For the analysis, researchers from the University of Jaén, in Andalusia,…
Human brain replays new memories at 20 times the speed during waking rest
Neural replay during waking rest may contribute to memory consolidation of action sequences in humans, according to a study published June 8 in the journal Cell Reports . Brain imaging results revealed fast, repeated reactivation of a neural network representing…
Researchers identify a molecule critical to functional brain rejuvenation
The discovery could have important implications for the health of aging brains and development of therapies for neurodegenerative diseases
Largest-ever pre-adolescent brain activation study reveals cognitive function maps
Data from largest study of its kind will clarify risk factors for mental health challenges
Lack of math education negatively affects adolescent brain and cognitive development
A new study suggests that not having any math education after the age of 16 can be disadvantageous
Secondary infections inflame the brain, worsening cognition in Alzheimer’s disease
New research into Alzheimer’s disease (AD) suggests that secondary infections and new inflammatory events amplify the brain’s immune response and affect memory in mice and in humans – even when these secondary events occur outside the brain.
Secondary infections inflame the brain, worsening cognition in Alzheimer’s disease
New research into Alzheimer’s disease (AD) suggests that secondary infections and new inflammatory events amplify the brain’s immune response and affect memory in mice and in humans – even when these secondary events occur outside the brain. Scientists believe that…
The Mathematical Model of the Mind
‘A must read for anyone interested in theoretical studies of cortical microcircuits’
Alzheimer’s disease raises the risk of severe COVID-19 and death from this viral disease
Patients with dementia and especially Alzheimer’s run a threefold risk of dying as a result of infection by SARS-CoV-2. The risk is six times greater if they are over 80, according to a study by Brazilian researchers
Bilingualism as a natural therapy for autistic children
An international team led by UNIGE demonstrates that the characteristics of bilingualism allow autistic children to compensate for certain fundamental deficits
Understanding feelings: When less is more
Researchers discover a paradoxical relationship between the intensity of emotional expressions and how they are perceived
Autistic people find it harder to identify anger in facial expressions — new study
Autistic people’s ability to accurately identify facial expressions is affected by the speed at which the expression is produced and its intensity, according to new research at the University of Birmingham. In particular, autistic people tend to be less able…
Exoskeleton therapy improves mobility, cognition and brain connectivity in people with MS
A pilot study led by Kessler Foundation researchers provided proof of concept for robotic-exoskeleton assisted exercise rehabilitation (REAER) in people with substantial MS-related neurological disability
Escape from oblivion: How the brain reboots after deep anesthesia
Innovative experiment demonstrates the resilience of the healthy human brain despite deep general anesthesia
Why a vacation seems like it will end as soon as it begins
Time perception affected by nature of future events, study finds