From the Stanford University press release: Even among healthy people, a faltering memory is often an expected part of aging — but it’s not inevitable. “Some individuals exhibit remarkable maintenance of memory function throughout late…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: A child’s unique brain activity reveals how good their memories are, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. When you scramble to remember a phone number as you enter…
From the University College London press release: Persistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, finds a new UCL-led study. In the study of people aged over 55, published in Alzheimer’s…
From the UT Southwestern Medical Center press release: Scientists have collected plenty of evidence linking exercise to brain health, with some research suggesting fitness may even improve memory. But what happens during exercise to trigger…
From the Indiana University press release: As millions continue working from home during the pandemic or are required to report to jobs as essential employees, many have raised questions about how these work conditions impact…
From the University of Technology Sydney press release: New research is one of the first comprehensive characterizations of poorly formed memories and may offer a framework to explore different therapeutic approaches to fear, memory and…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: A quirk in how the brain processes faces makes it harder to tell members of a racial outgroup apart, according to new research published in eNeuro. People struggle to…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: Solving problems, planning one’s own actions, controlling emotions — these executive functions are fundamental processes for controlling our behavior. Despite numerous indications,…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release: It’s never too late to lace up some sneakers and work up a sweat for brain health, according to a study published in the May 13, 2020,…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: A popular theory in neuroscience called predictive coding proposes that the brain produces all the time expectations that are compared with incoming information. Errors arising from differences between actual…