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·January 16, 2018·5 min read

Rhythmic Interactions Between Cortical Layers Underlie Working Memory

A new study suggests a general model of working memory. The findings could help shed light on condition, such as schizophrenia, where working memory function becomes compromised.

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·January 15, 2018·4 min read

Preterm Babies May Suffer Setbacks in Auditory Brain Development and Speech

A new study reports babies born early in the third trimester of pregnancy are more likely to show delayed development of the auditory cortex.

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·January 15, 2018·3 min read

Study Finds ‘Baby Brain’ is Real, But We’re Still Not Sure What Causes it

A new study reveals baby brain, the increased forgetfulness and inattention some women experience during pregnancy does, in fact, exist.

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·January 14, 2018·5 min read

New Technology Will Create Brain Wiring Diagrams

Researchers have developed a new technique that maps the neural connections of entire insect brains.

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·January 11, 2018·6 min read

Virus Like Protein is Important for Cognition and Memory

Researchers reveal a protein essential for memory and cognition looks and acts like a protein from a virus.

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·January 11, 2018·5 min read

Blind in the Mind: Why Some People Can’t See Pictures in their Imagination

Researchers report on why some people experience aphantasia, the inability to imagine in images.

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·January 8, 2018·5 min read

Modifying Memories During Sleep Could Reduce Trauma

A new study looks how it may be possible to help reduce trauma associated with bad memories while we sleep.

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·January 5, 2018·4 min read

How Alzheimer’s Spreads Through the Brain

Researchers investigate how toxic proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease spread throughout the brain.

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·January 5, 2018·5 min read

Eating More Foods with Choline During Pregnancy Boosts Baby’s Brain

A new study provides further evidence that increasing choline consumption during pregnancy has cognitive benefits for children.

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·January 2, 2018·1 min read

Danger Changes How Rat Brains Store Information

According to researchers, the ability of a male rat's brain to store memory changes depending on whether the environment in which they acquire information is safe or dangerous.

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·January 2, 2018·4 min read

Diabetes Drug ‘Significantly Reverses Memory Loss’ in Alzheimer’s: Mouse Study

Lancaster University researchers report a drug developed to treat diabetes shows promise in reversing memory loss associated with Alzheimer's in mouse models of the disease. The drug appears to have a neuroprotective effect, enhancing brain growth factors while reducing amyloid plaques, chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. The drug also slows down the rate of neuron loss.