From the Elsevier press release via AlphaGalileo: Excessive alcohol use accounts for 4% of the global burden of disease, and binge drinking particularly is becoming an increasing health issue. A new review article published Cortex…
From the UC Berkeley press release via EurekAlert!: The connection between poor sleep, memory loss and brain deterioration as we grow older has been elusive. But for the first time, scientists at the University of…
From the University of Nottingham press release via HealthCanal: Keeping active can slow down the progression of memory loss in people with Alzheimer’s disease, a study has shown. A team of researchers from The University…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: In experiments on rats outfitted with tiny goggles, scientists say they have learned that the brain’s initial vision processing center not only relays visual stimuli, but…
From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory press release via EurekAlert!: A rustle of undergrowth in the outback: it’s a sound that might make an animal or person stop sharply and be still, in the anticipation…
From the University of Warwick press release: People’s memory for Facebook posts is strikingly stronger than their memory for human faces or sentences from books, according to a new study. The findings shed light on…
From the National Science Foundation (NSF) press release via MedicalXpress: When you’re studying for an exam, is there something you can do while you sleep to retain the information better? “The question is, ‘What determines…
From the Georgia Health Sciences University press release via EurekAlert!: As we age, it just may be the ability to filter and eliminate old information – rather than take in the new stuff – that…
From the Georgetown University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists have long wondered how nerve cell activity in the brain’s hippocampus, the epicenter for learning and memory, is controlled — too much synaptic communication…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Students everywhere, put down those highlighters and pick up some flashcards! Some of the most popular study strategies — such as highlighting and even rereading — don’t…