From the Elsevier press release: Psychiatric disorders can be described on many levels, the most traditional of which are subjective descriptions of the experience of being depressed and the use of rating scales that quantify…
From the American Academy of Neurology via EurekAlert!: New research links ‘silent strokes,’ or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults to memory loss in the elderly.…
From the Oregon State University press release: New research has found that elderly people with higher levels of several vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids in their blood had better performance on mental acuity tests and…
From the AFTAU press release: Glia cells, named for the Greek word for “glue,” hold the brain’s neurons together and protect the cells that determine our thoughts and behaviors, but scientists have long puzzled over…
From the Ohio State University press release by Jeff Grabmeier: Both children and the elderly have slower response times when they have to make quick decisions in some settings. But recent research suggests that much…
From the Ohio State University press release: The quality of the emotional relationship between a mother and her young child could affect the potential for that child to be obese during adolescence, a new study…
From the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences press release via Newswise: In a paper published online in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, a team of researchers from Boston University and Case Western…
From the McGill University press release: Imagine you’re a hockey goalie, and two opposing players are breaking in alone on you, passing the puck back and forth. You’re aware of the linesman skating in on…
From the Oxford University press release: Being told that a work of art is authentic or fake alters the brain’s response to the visual content of artwork, Oxford University academics have found. Fourteen participants were…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via MedicalXpress: New research suggests that, in people who don’t currently have memory problems, those with smaller regions of the brain’s cortex may be more likely to…