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·April 3, 2018·5 min read

Long Term Caffeine Use Worsens Alzheimer’s Symptoms

A new study reports caffeine may worsen neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease. Caffeine, researchers report, exacerbates neophobia, anxiety and cognitive flexibility in mouse models of the disease.

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·April 2, 2018·4 min read

People Use Emotion to Persuade, Even When it Could Backfire

Researchers reveal people tend to be more persuaded towards appeals that are infused with emotion, regardless of whether they are negative or positive.

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·March 29, 2018·6 min read

Memory Researchers Link Two Brain Regions to Conceptual Organization

Researchers implicate the hippocampus in conceptual memory formation. The study reveals activity within the hippocampus and ventromedial prefrontal cortex is consistent with the retrieval of new concepts.

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·March 28, 2018·5 min read

Prosthetic Memory System Successful in Humans

There is new hope for people suffering from memory related problems. Researchers have successfully implanted a neuroprosthetic system into the brains of epilepsy patients that uses the person's own memory patterns to enhance memory encoding and recall.

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·March 27, 2018·3 min read

Nicotinic Receptor and Long-Term Memory Study Paves Way for Targeted Dementia Therapy

Researchers report alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors enhance communication between the hippocampus and frontal cortex, where as a4b7 nicotinic receptors decrease the communication. The findings may have implications for the way stimulation of acetylcholine can be used to treat dementia.

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·March 26, 2018·4 min read

Music Lessons Improve Children’s Cognitive Skills and Academic Performance

According to a new Frontiers in Neuroscience study, children who participate in structured music lessons showed enhancements in cognitive abilities over their peers who did not receive music lessons. The researchers note the improvements in short term memory, language based reasoning and planning seen in children who had music lessons had a positive impact on academic achievement.

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·March 25, 2018·3 min read

Older Adults Who Have Slower Walking Speeds May Have Increased Dementia Risk

A new study reveals older adults with slower walking speeds are at an increased risk of developing dementia.

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·March 25, 2018·3 min read

How Do We Lose Memory? A STEP at a Time

A new study reports increased levels of STEP in the hippocampus is linked to mild cognitive impairment.

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·March 21, 2018·4 min read

Can the Healthy Brain Offer Clues to Curing Alzheimer’s?

A new paper reports fully investigating the brain before the onset of dementia may herald clues for developing new treatments for Alzheimer's disease.

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·March 21, 2018·5 min read

Forgetting Details But Getting the Gist May Prompt False Memories in Older Adults

Older people may rely more on schematic memory, resulting in a difficulty distinguishing between a memory of a real event and a false memory.

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·March 18, 2018·4 min read

Putting a Name to a Face

Researchers have developed a new strategy to help older people recall the names of people they have met.

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·March 16, 2018·4 min read

Why Older People Might Lose Their Way

Researchers report the firing patterns of grid cells are less stable in older adults. This, they say, could be why older people have more problems with spatial navigation than younger people.

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Memory

Long Term Caffeine Use Worsens Alzheimer’s Symptoms

People Use Emotion to Persuade, Even When it Could Backfire

Memory Researchers Link Two Brain Regions to Conceptual Organization

Prosthetic Memory System Successful in Humans

Nicotinic Receptor and Long-Term Memory Study Paves Way for Targeted Dementia Therapy

Music Lessons Improve Children’s Cognitive Skills and Academic Performance

Older Adults Who Have Slower Walking Speeds May Have Increased Dementia Risk

How Do We Lose Memory? A STEP at a Time

Can the Healthy Brain Offer Clues to Curing Alzheimer’s?

Forgetting Details But Getting the Gist May Prompt False Memories in Older Adults

Putting a Name to a Face

Why Older People Might Lose Their Way

Hearing Aids Linked to 23% Lower Dementia Risk in Epilepsy

Reading Is the Ultimate Cognitive Enhancer

Dual Brain-Machine Interfaces Unlock Bionic Hand Kinesthesia

Overcoming Endothelial Sorting to Cure Glioblastoma

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