Improving memory with magnets
From the McGill University press release: The ability to remember sounds, and manipulate them in our minds, is incredibly important to our daily lives — without it we would not be able to understand a…
Aphasia may not solely be a language disorder, study shows
From the Penn State press release: Aphasia, a language disorder commonly diagnosed in stroke patients, may not be solely a language issue as traditionally believed, according to a Penn State study. The study adds to…
Brain changes make some older adults more vulnerable to scams
From the Cornell University press release: Older adults who have been scammed by friends, relatives or strangers seem to behave just like elders who have avoided rip-offs. They are able to balance their checkbooks. They…
Study suggests traumatic brain injuries affect women differently
From the Endocrine Society press release: Traumatic brain injuries affect the body’s stress axis differently in female and male mice, according to research presented at the Endocrine Society’s 99th annual meeting, ENDO 2017, in Orlando,…
Study looks at effect of LSD on brain
From the Universität Basel press release: Scientists at the University of Basel have shown that LSD reduces activity in the region of the brain related to the handling of negative emotions like fear. The results,…
Study finds links between patience and imagination in brain
From the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business press release: How often do you act impulsively without considering the consequences? What if you could learn how to be more patient? By using functional MRI (fMRI)…
SuperAger brains shrink more slowly than peers’ brains
From the Northwestern University press release: Donald Tenbrunsel is 89 years old, but he is just as likely to talk to you about Chance the Rapper as reminisce about Frank Sinatra. The highly engaged and…
Mini brains from the petri dish
From the Universität Bonn press release: A new method could push research into developmental brain disorders an important step forward. This is shown by a recent study at the University of Bonn in which the researchers…
Surprising culprit in nerve cell damage identified
From the Washington University School of Medicine press release: In many neurodegenerative conditions — Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and peripheral neuropathy among them — an early defect is the loss of axons, the wiring…
Mathematicians predict delaying school start times won’t help sleep deprived teenagers
From the University of Surrey press release: Delaying school start times in the UK is unlikely to reduce sleep deprivation in teenagers, research from the University of Surrey and Harvard Medical School has found. The…