Study looks at how memories form and fade
From the California Institute of Technology press release: Why is it that you can remember the name of your childhood best friend that you haven’t seen in years yet easily forget the name of a…
Study looks at how single neurons and brain networks support spatial navigation
From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release: Spatial navigation is an essential cognitive function, which is frequently impaired in patients suffering from neurological and psychiatric disorders. Research groups worldwide have studied the neuronal basis of spatial…
Study links regular crosswords and number puzzles to sharper brain in later life
From the University of Exeter press release: Older adults who regularly take part in word and number puzzles have sharper brains, according to the largest online study to date. The more regularly adults aged 50…
Study suggests our attitudes can be changed by what we imagine
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: Sometimes in life there are special places that seem to stand out to us — a school playground, perhaps an old church,…
Study suggests brain stimulation may improve working memory in adults
From the Duke Department of Neurology press release: Magnetic stimulation of the brain improves working memory, offering a new potential avenue of therapy for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, according…
Study finds brain changes linked with Alzheimer’s years before symptoms appear
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release: In a records review of 290 people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, scientists at Johns Hopkins say they have identified an average level of biological and anatomical brain…
Study suggests good sleep quality and good mood lead to good working memory with age
From the press release: A team of psychologists has found strong associations between working memory — a fundamental building block of a functioning mind — and three health-related factors: sleep, age, and depressed mood. The…
Study suggests stress in early life could make people more likely to develop depression
From the University of Bristol press release: New research by the University of Bristol has found that early life adversity could make an individual more at risk of developing negative thinking, which could lead to…
Study looks at the enduring effects of mother-child interactions as children become adults
From the Wiley press release: Interactions between a mother and her child have been linked to cognitive outcomes in childhood, but little work has looked at farther-reaching effects. In a Journal of Marriage & Family study that…
Study looks at how the brain functions when learning languages
From the University of Delaware press release: For most native English-speakers, learning the Mandarin Chinese language from scratch is no easy task. Learning it in a class that essentially compresses a one-semester college course into…