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·October 22, 2010·3 min read

70 Years Old and Smarter Than Ever

A large study of 70-year-olds born in either 1901-1902, or 1930, provides evidence that the population of 70-year-olds in 2000 did much better on intelligence tests than the 70-year-olds of 1971-72.

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·September 15, 2010·2 min read

Physically Fit Children Have Bigger Hippocampal Volume

Neuroscientists have reported they have found an association between physical fitness and brain development in children. The report suggests children who are physically fitter tend to have larger hippocampi and perform better in memory based tests than their less fit counterparts.

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·August 2, 2010·4 min read

Hard to Catch Up on Sleep Loss Study Finds

Sleeping in on the weekends may not allow you to recover from the sleep lost during the work week according to a recent sleep study.

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·July 26, 2010·3 min read

Early Education Fights Dementia

Brain research reveals a correlation between amount of education and dementia.

The image shows brains as the feet of musical notes.

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·July 20, 2010·3 min read

Neuroscience of Music – How Music Enhances Learning Through Neuroplasticity

Neuroscience research into the neuroscience of music shows that musicians' brains may be primed to distinguish meaningful sensory information from noise.

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·July 19, 2010·2 min read

Journal of NeuroVirology

Neuroscientists will want to take note of a publication change to the Journal of Neurovirology ( JNV ). Springer will be publishing the Journal of NeuroVirology starting January 2011.