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·June 25, 2020·5 min read

‘Where are my keys?’ and other memory-based choices probed in the brain

Study identifies a different set of individual neurons in the medial frontal cortex that is responsible for memory-based decision making. The findings have implications for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, and other disorders associated with problems in cognitive flexibility.

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·June 23, 2020·4 min read

Does ‘mommy brain’ last? Study shows motherhood does not diminish attention

Researchers scrutinize the long-held perception that new mothers are more forgetful and less attentive. Mothers, they found, have similar alerting and orienting attention, and better executive control attention compared to women without children.

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·June 22, 2020·5 min read

Being ‘mind-blind’ may make remembering, dreaming and imagining harder

Aphantasia, a disorder in which people are lack the ability to mentally visualize imagery, is also associated with a widespread pattern of changes to other important cognitive processes. Many with aphantasia report a reduced ability to recall past events, imagine the future, and dream.

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·June 20, 2020·2 min read

Memory impairment reduced by soy derivate that can enter the brain intact

Tyr-Pro, a dipeptide derived from soybeans, improved both working and long-term memory in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

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·June 15, 2020·4 min read

Research delves into causes of nightmares that shadow female survivors of sexual trauma

Having difficulty getting to sleep, in addition to ruminating about trauma experiences and other negative events before sleep, boosts the odds of sexual trauma survivors experiencing post-trauma nightmares.

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·June 10, 2020·5 min read

Marijuana concentrates spike THC levels but don’t boost impairment

High-potency marijuana boosts the blood level of THC more than 50% more than smoking lower-potency cannabis, but it doesn't necessarily make you higher or impair cognition more, a new study reports.

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·June 8, 2020·3 min read

Forgot where you parked the car? Memory is a game of all or nothing

Study addresses the question of whether a forgotten memory is entirely lost or if it just becomes fuzzier over time.

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·June 5, 2020·2 min read

Early-life education improves memory in old age, especially for women

Females who attend school for longer have better memory ability in old age, a new study reports. For each year of education, memory gains were, on average, five times greater for women than the losses experienced due to each year of aging.

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·May 14, 2020·4 min read

Aerobics may be a smart workout for your brain at any age

Six months of aerobic exercise intervention was associated with cognitive improvements and cerebrovascular regulation. Older people who embarked on the aerobic exercise program had, on average, a 5.7% improvement on tests of executive function and verbal fluency similar to that of a person five years younger.

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·May 12, 2020·4 min read

Our ability to focus may falter after eating one meal high in saturated fat

Women who ate a meal high in saturated fats performed worse on attention-based tests than women eating healthier meals. The findings reveal a potential link between high-fat diets and poor attention skills. Additionally, those with a condition called leaky gut, which allows bacteria from the intestines to enter the bloodstream, performed worse on attention tasks regardless of whether they ate a high-fat meal or chose a healthier option.

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·May 5, 2020·3 min read

People aged 95 and over show stronger brain connectivity

Superagers, people aged 95 and older, showed more activation between their left and right frontoparietal control network in their brains than their younger counterparts. The superior connectivity contributed to better performance on visuospatial cognitive tasks, a new study reports.