From the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) press release: Recent world tragedies have led to an increased emphasis on the importance of deception training – especially at security checkpoints in airports, bus terminals, and…
From the University of Bristol press release via MedicalXpress: Four generations of a single family have been found to possess an abnormality within a specific brain region which appears to affect their ability to recall…
From the CORDIS press release via MedicalXpress: Fear conditioning using sound and taste aversion, as applied to mice, have revealed interesting information on the basis of memory allocation. European ‘Cellular mechanisms underlying formation of the…
From the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) press release via MedicalXpress: A theory that has been widely accepted for many years can be overturned: our short-term memory does not limit itself to remembering four…
From the IOS press release via ScienceDirect: No effective treatments are currently available for the prevention or cure of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most frequent form of dementia in the elderly. The most recognized risk…
From the University of Michigan press release via EurekAlert!: Has your memory failed you today, such as struggling to recall a word that’s “on the tip of your tongue?” If so, you’re not alone. New…
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: In a first of its kind study in the U.S., researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have…
From the City College of New York press release: In recent years it became clear that people with diabetes face an ominous prospect – a far greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Now researchers at…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: A robot analogous to a child between 6 and 14 months old can develop rudimentary linguistic skills through interaction with a human participant, as reported…
From the Emory University press release by Quinn Eastman: One of the brain’s jobs is to help us figure out what’s important enough to be remembered. Scientists at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University…