From the Vanderbilt University press release: If you are an aging baby boomer and you’ve noticed it’s a bit harder to drive to unfamiliar locations or to pick a new brand of olive oil at…
From the CORDIS Features (formerly ICT Results) press release via AlphaGalileo: Grid computing, long used by physicists and astronomers to crunch masses of data quickly and efficiently, is making the leap into the world of…
From the SUNY Downstate Medical Center via EurekAlert!: Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as a beneficial trait, according to a recent study by scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and other institutions. Jeremy…
From the University of Alabama at Birmingham press release via Newswise: A traumatic brain injury can negatively affect a patient’s medical decision-making ability at a time when patients or their families must make myriad complex…
From the Brown University press release: No matter what novel objects we come to behold, our brains effortlessly take us from an initial “What’s that?” to “Oh, that old thing” after a few casual encounters.…
From the UCSF press release: A new technique for analyzing brain images offers the possibility of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict the rate of progression and physical path of many degenerative brain diseases,…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists have discovered a mutation limited to brain tissue that causes hemimegalencephaly (HMG), a condition where one half of the brain is enlarged and dysfunctional, leading to…
From the UCLA press release: Why do some people experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others who suffered the same ordeal do not? A new UCLA study may shed light on the answer. UCLA scientists have…
From the Cognitive Neuroscience Society press release: One of the most frustrating challenges for some stroke patients can be the inability to find and speak words even if they know what they want to say.…
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: New research confirms that childhood onset temporal lobe epilepsy has a significant impact on brain aging. Study findings published in Epilepsia, a peer-reviewed journal of the International League…