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·September 13, 2012·3 min read

Stress Breaks Loops that Hold Short-Term Memory Together

By watching individual neurons at work, a group of psychologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has revealed just how stress can addle the mind, as well as how neurons in the brain's prefrontal cortex help remember information in the first place.

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·August 23, 2012·4 min read

The Roots of Human Self-Awareness

Neuroscientists have believed that three brain regions are critical for self-awareness: the insular cortex, the anterior cingulate cortex, and the medial prefrontal cortex. Patient R is helping a research team show that self-awareness is more a product of a diffuse patchwork of pathways in the brain—including other regions—rather than confined to specific areas.

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·August 1, 2012·4 min read

Brain Imaging Can Predict How Intelligent You Are, Study Finds

Research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that another 10 percent of individual differences in intelligence can be explained by the strength of neural pathways connecting the left lateral prefrontal cortex to the rest of the brain.

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·July 25, 2012·4 min read

Sum of the Parts? How Our Brains See Men as People and Women as Body Parts

Study finds that both genders process images of men, women differently.

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·July 19, 2012·2 min read

Anti-Tau Drug Improves Cognition, Decreases Tau Tangles in Alzheimer’s Disease Models

Penn Medicine research presented today at the 2012 Alzheimer's Association International Conference shows that an anti-tau treatment called epithilone D (EpoD) was effective in preventing and intervening the progress of Alzheimer's disease in animal models, improving neuron function and cognition, as well as decreasing tau pathology.

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·July 19, 2012·6 min read

Scientists Read Monkeys’ Inner Thoughts

By decoding brain activity, scientists were able to 'see' that 2 monkeys were planning to approach the same reaching task differently - even before they moved a muscle.

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·May 29, 2012·2 min read

Solvent Exposure in Work Place Associated With Cognitive Problems in Less Educated Workers

Working with solvents tied to cognitive problems for less-educated people Exposure to solvents at work may be associated with reduced...

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·May 24, 2012·4 min read

Persistent Changes to Sensory Experience can Promote Rewiring of Aging Brain

Max Planck Florida Institute Study Shows: Persistent Sensory Experience Is Good For The Aging Brain Despite a long-held scientific belief...

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·May 23, 2012·3 min read

Robust White Matter Helps Keep Us Smart As We Age

Well-connected brains make you smarter in older age Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us...

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·May 22, 2012·3 min read

A Study of Magic and Illusions Offers Insight into Perception and Cognition

Barrow researchers use magic for discoveries Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center have unveiled...

Neurology

·May 18, 2012·1 min read