FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·February 26, 2021·3 min readExercise May Help Slow Memory Loss for People Living With Alzheimer’s DementiaEmbarking on a six-month aerobic exercise regime may help reduce cognitive decline for older adults living with Alzheimer's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 24, 2021·5 min readNew Experiences Enhance Learning by Resetting Key Brain CircuitNovel experiences dampen previous memory representations in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, facilitating flexible strategy encoding in mice.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPsychology·February 23, 2021·5 min readFear of Memory Loss Impacts Well-Being and Quality of LifeOlder adults with higher fear of memory loss and dementia report a significant decrease in their quality of life and reported more failures in memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 22, 2021·2 min readDistorting Memories Helps the Brain RememberThe brain exaggerates differences between similar events in order to encode them in memory. This results in divergent brain activity that allows for better memory performance.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 22, 2021·5 min readSleep Is Vital to Associating Emotion With MemoryFollowing exposure to visual stimuli, the neurons activated by the stimuli remain more active during subsequent sleep. Sleep is vital for these neurons to connect an emotional or fearful memory to a sensory event.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 21, 2021·6 min readGulf War Illness Not Caused by Depleted Uranium From MunitionsNew findings dispute the long-standing belief that exposure to depleted uranium is the cause of Gulf War Syndrome in veterans.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·February 20, 2021·5 min readPrediabetes May Be Linked to Worse Brain HealthPeople with prediabetes who have higher than average blood sugar levels are at increased risk of cognitive problems and vascular dementia.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 19, 2021·3 min readStereotypes Can Harm Performance Of Older Adults On Cognitive And Physical TasksWhen older people feel personally stigmatized as being physically or cognitively deficient, they fail to live up to their actual abilities when tested, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 19, 2021·3 min readHow Mouse Brains Reorganize Old Memories When New Ones Are Laid DownResearchers map how the structure of existing memories is reorganized in the brain as new experiences are committed to memory.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·February 17, 2021·4 min readSuperAger Brains Resist Protein Tangles That Lead to Alzheimer’sSuperAgers who maintain their cognitive abilities have resistance to the development of Alzheimer's related tau tangles. The resistance to tangles may help to preserve memory.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 16, 2021·4 min readRegular Caffeine Consumption Affects Brain StructureFrequent caffeine consumption reduces gray matter volume in areas of the right medial temporal lobe, including the hippocampus. Ten days of "caffeine abstinence" helps regenerate gray matter.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 15, 2021·4 min readCocoa Flavanols May Boost Memory in Older PeopleCocoa flavanols, naturally occurring compounds in cocoa beans, may help improve cognition and memory in older people.Read More