From the Karolinska Institute press release via AlphaGalileo: During depression, the brain becomes less plastic and adaptable, and thus less able to perform certain tasks, like storing memories. Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska…
From the PLoS press release via MedicalXPress: There are a number of drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory. However, scientists have recently shown that some drugs can…
From the UC Santa Cruz press release: New connections between brain cells emerge in clusters in the brain as animals learn to perform a new task, according to a study published in Nature on February…
From the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council press release via EurekAlert!: How we perceive the world tells us a lot about how the brain processes sensory information. At this week’s meeting of the American…
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release: Synaptic plasticity – the ability of the synaptic connections between the brain’s neurons to change and modify over time — has been shown to be a…
From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via ScienceDaily: Each part of the body has its own nerve cell area in the brain – we therefore have a map of our bodies in our heads. The…
From the Northwestern University press release: Age-related delays in neural timing are not inevitable and can be avoided or offset with musical training, according to a new study from Northwestern University. The study is the…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Virtual reality-enhanced exercise, or “exergames,” combining physical exercise with computer-simulated environments and interactive videogame features, can yield a greater cognitive benefit for older adults than traditional exercise alone,…
From the Wellcome Trust press release via EurekAlert!: Acquiring ‘the Knowledge’ – the complex layout of central London’s 25,000 streets and thousands of places of interest – causes structural changes in the brain and changes…
From the National Science Foundation press release: New research published today in the journal Science suggests it may be possible to use brain technology to learn to play a piano, reduce mental stress or hit…