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…
From the Johns Hopkins University press release via EurekAlert!: For most of history, humans rose with the sun and slept when it set. Enter Thomas Edison, and with a flick of a switch, night became…
From the SUNY Buffalo press release via Newswise: Animals that are socially isolated for prolonged periods make less myelin in the region of the brain responsible for complex emotional and cognitive behavior, researchers at the…
From the Scripps Research Institute press release via MedicalXpress: Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a new pathway that appears to play a major role in information processing in the brain. Their…
From the Drexel University press release via ScienceDaily: What was your high school mascot? Where did you put your keys last night? Who was the first president of the United States? Groups of neurons in…