FeaturedPsychology·March 30, 2015·4 min readChanges to Brain Areas Associated with Emotion and Memory Induced by ECTAccording to a new study, electroconvulsive therapy causes changes to areas of the brain responsible for memory and emotion.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 27, 2015·3 min readOnly 1 of 85 College Students Could Draw Apple’s Logo from Memory in Psychology StudyCould you draw or pick out the Apple logo from memory? It turns out only 1 in 85 test participants can.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·March 27, 2015·3 min readGenes Involved in Memory and Learning Activated when Professional Musicians PerformA new study investigates the effect of musical performance on the gene expression of professional musicians and finds enhanced activity in motor function, memory and learning.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·March 26, 2015·2 min readAlzheimer’s Related Memory Problems Reduced With ImmunotherapyResearchers report a single dose of an immunotherapy treatment successfully reversed memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 25, 2015·3 min readTBI Patients Show Signs of Faster Brain AgingAccording to a new study, patients with TBI show brain structure changes most often seen in older people.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·March 23, 2015·4 min readGenomewide Screen of Learning in Zebrafish Identifies Enzyme Important in Neural CircuitResearchers identify a set of genes which, in a zebrafish model, appear to be important for learning.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·March 20, 2015·2 min readSmell Test Could Determine Troops with TBITesting the sense of smell can be used to assess memory impairment following blast related TBI, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 18, 2015·5 min readPosture Can Affect Infant Memory and LearningWhen it comes to learning new information, posture plays a critical role, a new robotics and infant learning study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·March 12, 2015·2 min readUltrasound Technology Can Be Used to Treat Alzheimer’s DiseaseAccording to researchers, using non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 2, 2015·3 min readNeuron Groups, Not Single Cells, Maintain Brain StabilityA new study reports neural networks preserve memories better than individual neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·March 2, 2015·2 min readAlzheimer’s Amyloid Clumps Found in Young Adult BrainsResearchers report a lifelong accumulation of amyloid plaques in the brain could contribute to Alzheimer's disease.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·March 2, 2015·3 min readScientists Crack a Piece of the Neural Code for Learning and MemoryNew research provides evidence of how changes in the activity of individual neurons can encode learning and memory.Read More
