From the Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine press release: Neurons in the prefrontal cortex “teach” neurons in the hippocampus to “learn” rules that distinguish memory-based predictions in otherwise identical situations, suggesting that…
From the Riken press release: Being able to remember experiences long after they have happened is a basic part of life that guides behavior and even helps form personalities. Now, scientists at the RIKEN-MIT Center…
From the Oregon State University press release: Researchers at Oregon State University have found that a compound called rapamycin has unusual properties that may help address neurologic damage such as Alzheimer’s disease. A study just…
From the MIT press release: When we visit a friend or go to the beach, our brain stores a short-term memory of the experience in a part of the brain called the hippocampus. Those memories…
From the Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien press release: Humans are able to interpret the behaviour of others by attributing mental states to them (and to themselves). By adopting the perspectives of other persons, they can assume their…
From the University of California – San Francisco press release: After undergoing surgery, elderly patients often experience cloudy thinking that can last for weeks or even months. At one time researchers thought this cognitive decline might…
From the UC Berkeley press release: As we grow old, our nights are frequently plagued by bouts of wakefulness, bathroom trips and other nuisances as we lose our ability to generate the deep, restorative slumber…
From the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management press release: Structure organizes human activities and help us understand the world with less effort, but it can be the killer of creativity, concludes a study from…
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…
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…