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Postoperative cognitive dysfunction

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From the Deutsches Aerzteblatt International media release: Older persons, in particular, tend to suffer from memory lapses and other types of cognitive impairment after undergoing surgical procedures (postoperative cognitive dysfunction, POCD). Surgery has been performed… 

Humans have a poor memory for sound

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From the University of Iowa media release: 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 at the… 

Most of us have made best memories by age 25

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From the University of New Hampshire media release: By the time most people are 25, they have made the most important memories of their lives, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.… 

Impaired recovery from inflammation linked to Alzheimer’s

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From the Karolinska Institutet media release: New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that the final stage of the normal inflammatory process may be disrupted in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. A study published in…