From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release by Chris Barncard via ScienceDaily: Stress has long been pegged as the enemy of attention, disrupting focus and doing substantial damage to working memory — the short-term juggling…
From the IOS Press BV press release via AlphaGalileo: Forgetfulness, lack of orientation, cognitive decline… about 700, 000 Germans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Now researchers from the University of Ulm, among them the Epidemiologist…
From the Northumbria University press release via ScienceDaily: Non-smokers who live with or spend time with smokers are damaging their memory, according to new research from Northumbria University. The findings, published in the latest online…
From the Louisiana State University Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: A research study conducted by Dr. Jesus Lovera, Assistant Professor of Neurology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and colleagues has found that…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release via EurekAlert!: How does one’s experience of an event get translated into a memory that can be accessed months, even years later? A team led by University of…
From the Case Western Reserve University press release via Newswise: Ben W. Strowbridge, PhD, Professor of Neurosciences and Physiology/Biophysics, and Robert A. Hyde, a fourth year MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at Case…
From the Concordia University press release via EurekAlert!: By the time older adults are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, the brain damage is irreparable. For now, modern medicine is able to slow the progression of the…
From the Newcastle University press release via EurekAlert!: The ageing process has its roots deep within the cells and molecules that make up our bodies. Experts have previously identified the molecular pathway that react to…
From the Sandia National Laboratories press release via MedicalXpress: Research at Sandia National Laboratories has shown that it’s possible to predict how well people will remember information by monitoring their brain activity while they study. …
From the Max Planck Gesellschaft press release via MedicalXpress: Have you ever noticed how tiresome it can be to follow a conversation at a noisy party? Rest assured: this is not necessarily due to bad…