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Tag: MEMORY/COGNITIVE PROCESSES
Lower IQ, family history tied to treatment-resistant schizophrenia
Those with a family history of schizophrenia and men with lower IQ are more likely to struggle with treatment resistant schizophrenia than others with the mental disorder, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in…
Regenstrief playing major role in nationwide effort to improve care for dementia patients
Brown University and Hebrew SeniorLife leading research incubator
Global Brain Health Leader Awards for dementia prevention, care and support announced
Chicago; San Francisco; Dublin; November 7, 2019 – To address the growing worldwide public health crisis due to dementia, the prevalence of which is expected to triple worldwide to 152 million by 2050, three leading organizations announced this year’s Pilot…
‘I knew that was going to happen:’ Déjà vu and the ‘postdictive’ bias
CSU memory researchers document a ‘postdictive’ bias in deja vu experiencers in the lab, and offer an explanation
‘I knew that was going to happen:’ Déjà vu and the ‘postdictive’ bias
CSU memory researchers document a ‘postdictive’ bias in deja vu experiencers in the lab, and offer an explanation
Learning is optimized when we fail 15% of the time
To learn new things, we must sometimes fail. But what’s the right amount of failure? New research led by the University of Arizona proposes a mathematical answer to that question. Educators and educational scholars have long recognized that there is…
Scientists identify circuit responsible for building memories during sleep
The nucleus reuniens may be responsible for coordinating activity between the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, study shows
Talk to the hand
MU researchers find human brain can rewire itself after a traumatic bodily injury
The truth about misinformation
Research study reveals how to alter memories to protect consumers
What factors predict success?
New research from Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues finds that characteristics beyond intelligence influence long-term achievement.
Deep neural networks uncover what the brain likes to see
Opening the eyes immediately provides a visual perception of the world – and it seems so easy. But the process that starts with photons hitting the retina and ends with ‘seeing’ is far from simple. The brain’s fundamental task in…
What factors predict success?
New research from Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues finds that characteristics beyond intelligence influence long-term achievement.
What factors predict success?
New research from Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues finds that characteristics beyond intelligence influence long-term achievement.
The truth about misinformation
Research study reveals how to alter memories to protect consumers
Deep neural networks uncover what the brain likes to see
Opening the eyes immediately provides a visual perception of the world – and it seems so easy. But the process that starts with photons hitting the retina and ends with ‘seeing’ is far from simple. The brain’s fundamental task in…
The truth about misinformation
Research study reveals how to alter memories to protect consumers
Deep neural networks uncover what the brain likes to see
Opening the eyes immediately provides a visual perception of the world – and it seems so easy. But the process that starts with photons hitting the retina and ends with ‘seeing’ is far from simple. The brain’s fundamental task in…
Memory training builds upon strategy use
Researchers from Åbo Akademi University, Finland, and Umeå University, Sweden, have for the first time obtained clear evidence of the important role strategies have in memory training. Training makes participants adopt various strategies to manage the task, which then affects…
In Alzheimer’s research, MIT scientists reveal brain rhythm role
In the years since her lab discovered that exposing Alzheimer’s disease model mice to light flickering at the frequency of a key brain rhythm could stem the disorder’s pathology, MIT neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai and her team at The Picower Institute…
Foreign leaders generate more emotional response from Dublin voters than Irish politicians on Brexit
DUBLIN, Ireland – Politicians from Ireland are less effective in connecting with Dublin voters on the emotional issue of Brexit than their counterparts in other countries, according to a groundbreaking study by cross-Atlantic Irish and U.S. partners. Among the 11…
Dementia and eating disorders: it is a problem of (semantic) memory
New research sheds light on the possible origin of eating disorders in patients suffering from dementia
Study reveals fundamental insight into how memory changes with age
New research from King’s College London and The Open University could help explain why memory in old age is much less flexible than in young adulthood. Through experiments in mice the researchers discovered that there were dramatic differences in how…
In a first, scientists pinpoint neural activity’s role in human longevity
The brain’s neural activity–long implicated in disorders ranging from dementia to epilepsy–also plays a role in human aging and life span, according to research led by scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School. The study, published Oct. 16…
Are high school personality traits associated with later dementia diagnoses?
What The Study Did: A national sample of high school students in the United States in 1960 was used in this observational study to assess whether personality traits measured in high school were associated with dementia diagnoses more than 50 years…
First study to test healthy lifestyle changes in reducing the risk of dementia in a large-scale, diverse population in the United States
A new study at Rush University Medical Center aims to determine whether a combination of lifestyle changes can protect memory and thinking skills in people at risk of developing dementia. The two-year U.S. Study to Protect Brain Health Through Lifestyle…
Brain networks more stable in individuals with higher cognitive abilities
Brain imaging study investigates why cognitive abilities differ between individuals
Learning motor skills requires the ‘feeling’ part of the brain
The somatosensory cortex, but not motor cortex, is needed for consolidation of motor memories
‘I predict your words’: that is how we understand what others say to us
Making predictions could be a key function of our brain to help us understand what is said to us quickly and efficiently, especially in noisy and complex contexts
Cold temperatures linked to high status
Researchers uncover connection between chilly temperatures and luxury products
Rare sleep disorder common among veterans with PTSD
Findings may provide insight about development of neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson’s disease
Kessler scientists receive grant to study exercise benefits in multiple sclerosis
Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers awards grant to Drs. John DeLuca and Helen Genova to study the effects of different exercise regimens across multiple realms of symptoms and functioning
Study pinpoints Alzheimer’s plaque emergence early and deep in the brain
Long before symptoms like memory loss even emerge, the underlying pathology of Alzheimer’s disease, such as an accumulation of amyloid protein plaques, is well underway in the brain. A longtime goal of the field has been to understand where it…
Pesticides likely caused ‘Havana syndrome’ that affected Cuba-based diplomats
Ben-Gurion University professor Alon Friedman will discuss groundbreaking research at Breaking the Barriers of Brain Science Symposium on Oct. 27 in New York City
Anticipating performance can hinder memory
Anticipating your own performance at work or school may hinder your ability to remember what happened before your presentation, a study from the University of Waterloo has found
Key to learning and forgetting identified in sleeping brain
Manipulating specific brain waves in sleeping rats shifts the balance between learning or forgetting a new skill
Seafood consumption during pregnancy may improve attention capacity in children
Barcelona, 2 October 2019. A team of scientists from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by “la Caixa”, has studied the relationship between the consumption of various types of seafood during pregnancy and attention capacity in…
$4 million grant will test platform aimed at helping caregivers manage dementia symptoms
National Institute on Aging’s grant to Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions will fund study on the impact of an easy-to-use, online platform called WeCareAdvisor
Cerebral reperfusion of reading network predicts recovery of reading ability after stroke
New Jersey researchers find early reperfusion of left reading network predicts reading ability in people recovering from left-sided stroke
Is this brain cell your ‘mind’s eye’?
Only brain activity involving ‘L5p neurons’ enters conscious awareness, says new theory
Center for BrainHealth joins StrongMind Alliance
DALLAS (September 26, 2019) – The Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas has joined the StrongMind alliance at the invitation of SoldierStrong . StrongMind brings together expertise from the University of Southern California, Syracuse University, Iowa…
Researchers fail to replicate influential neuroimaging genetics study
Findings highlight complexity of relationship between genes, brain function
Monthly phone check-in may mean less depression for families of patients with dementia
Fewer trips to ER when caregivers have better access to experts, UCSF study shows
Mechanisms of real-time speech interpretation in the human brain revealed
Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how we’re able to understand spoken language so rapidly, and it involves a huge and complex set of computations in the brain. In a study published today in the journal PNAS ,…
Common nutrient supplementation may hold the answers to combatting Alzheimer’s disease
In a new study, Biodesign researchers reveal that a lifelong dietary regimen of choline holds the potential to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Choline is a safe and easy-to-administer nutrient that is naturally present in some foods and can be used…
Study examines alcohol consumption, risk of dementia in older adults
Bottom Line: This observational study examined alcohol consumption and the risk of dementia and cognitive decline in older adults with or without mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The study analyzed 3,021 adults (72 and older) who were free of dementia (2,548…
Blood-brain barrier damage occurs even with mild head trauma — Ben-Gurion U study
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL…September 25, 2019 – In a new study of adolescent and adult athletes, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Stanford University and Trinity College in Dublin have found evidence of damage to the brain’s protective barrier, without a…
New research analyzes video game player engagement
Gaming companies can drive up to 8% increase in game-play and correlates to revenue boost
AAN recommends people 65+ be screened yearly for memory problems
MINNEAPOLIS – People with mild cognitive impairment have thinking and memory problems but usually do not know it because such problems are not severe enough to affect their daily activities. Yet mild cognitive impairment can be an early sign of…
Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine names Dr. Garlanger winner of Bors Award
Kristin Garlanger, DO, of the Mayo Clinic, is this year’s winner of the Ernest Bors, MD Award for Scientific Development, the journal’s annual award for best article by a young investigator