From the Biotechnology and biological sciences research council media release: Older brains may be more similar to younger brains than previously thought. In a new paper published in Human Brain Mapping, BBSRC-funded researchers at the…
From the Norwegian University of Science and Technology media release: Researchers have long wondered if there is an upper limit to our capacity to store memories and how we manage to remember so many events…
From the Gerontological Society of America media release: A new report from The Gerontological Society of America’s Workgroup on Cognitive Impairment Detection and Earlier Diagnosis outlines a course of action for increasing the use of…
From the University of California – Los Angeles media release: Since 1970, life expectancy around the world has risen dramatically, with people living more than 10 years longer. That’s the good news. The bad news…
From the Northwestern University media release: If you’ve ever been told that you’re “tone deaf” or “can’t carry a tune,” don’t give up. New research out of Northwestern University suggests that singing accurately is not…
From the Baycrest centre for geriatric care media release: Scientists have found some of the strongest evidence yet that musical training in younger years can prevent the decay in speech listening skills in later life.…
From the Indiana University media release: Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research report that waking intensive care unit patients and having them breathe on their own decreased both…
From the PLOS media release: Computerized cognitive training (CCT) has been widely promoted for older adults, but its effectiveness for cognitively health older adults has been unclear in systematic reviews to date. In a new…
From the Clemson University media release: Clemson researchers find that blending movement and computer programming supports girls in building computational thinking skills, according to an ongoing study funded by the National Science Foundation and emerging…
From the Ben-Gurion University media release: A new, enhanced MRI diagnostic approach was, for the first time, able to identify significant damage to the blood-brain barrier (BBB) of professional football players following “unreported” trauma or…