From the Weizmann Institute of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Is sleep learning possible? A new Weizmann Institute study appearing today in Nature Neuroscience has found that if certain odors are presented after tones during…
From the University of Hertfordshire press release via ScienceDaily: Women with Alzheimer’s show worse mental deterioration than men with the disease, even when at the same stage of the condition, according to researchers from the…
From the Lancaster University press release via AlphaGalileo: A simple eye tracking test could hold the key to earlier Alzheimer’s diagnosis, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Aging Association.…
From the Emory University press release by Quinn Eastman via ScienceDaily: People with Parkinson’s disease performed markedly better on a test of working memory after a night’s sleep, and sleep disorders can interfere with that…
From the University of Houston press release via ScienceDaily: Scientists at the University of Houston (UH) have discovered what may possibly be a key ingredient in the fight against Parkinson’s disease. Affecting more than 500,000…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Though the seconds may tick by on the clock at a regular pace, our experience of the ‘fourth dimension’ is anything but uniform. When we’re waiting in…
From the University of Toronto press release via EurekAlert!: Have you ever wondered why you can remember things from long ago as if they happened yesterday, yet sometimes can’t recall what you ate for dinner…
From the IOS Press press release via EurekAlert!: Research has found that declines in temporal information processing (TIP), the rate at which auditory information is processed, underlies the progressive loss of function across multiple cognitive…
From the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute press release via EurekAlert!: The underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease are not fully understood, but a good deal of evidence points to the accumulation of β-amyloid, a protein that’s…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release: People who are free of dementia and have high levels of a protein that indicates the presence of inflammation have relatives who are more likely to avoid…