From the Radiological Society of North America press release via EurekAlert!: Mental activities like reading and writing can preserve structural integrity in the brains of older people, according to a new study presented today at…
From the MIT press release by Anne Trafton via EurekAlert!: One of the biggest puzzles in neuroscience is how our brains encode thoughts, such as perceptions and memories, at the cellular level. Some evidence suggests…
From the Temple University press release via EurekAlert!: Decreased kidney function is associated with decreased cognitive functioning in areas such as global cognitive ability, abstract reasoning and verbal memory, according to a study led by…
From the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston press release via EurekAlert!: An FDA-approved drug initially used to treat insulin resistance in diabetics has shown promise as a way to improve cognitive performance in…
From the Yale University press release via EurekAlert!: Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that children born to mothers who smoked more than one pack per day during pregnancy struggled on tests designed to…
From the Indiana University press release via EurekAlert!: The approach of the Indianapolis Discovery Network for Dementia — with contributions from family members, community advocates, health care systems and researchers — improves dementia care and…
From the University of Toronto press release via Newswise: A virtual reality test being developed at UTSC might do a better job than pencil-and-paper tests of predicting whether a cognitive impairment will have real-world consequences.…
From the Gerontological Society of America press release via EurekAlert!: Living in areas of high air pollution can lead to decreased cognitive function in older adults, according to new research presented in San Diego at…
From the Florida State University press release via Newswise: Portions of Albert Einstein’s brain have been found to be unlike those of most people and could be related to his extraordinary cognitive abilities, according to…
From the University of Toronto press release via EurekAlert!: An international research team including scientists from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine has discovered a link between a mutation in an immune system gene…