News tagged with cognitive neurology
Bilingualism delays onset of Alzheimer's symptoms
A Canadian science team has found more dramatic evidence that speaking two languages can help delay the onset of Alzheimer's symptoms by as much as five years.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Schizophrenia: what we know now
(PhysOrg.com) -- Emory psychologist Elaine Walker, who has studied the origins and precursors of psychosis for 30 years, edited a special issue of 'Current Directions in Psychological Science,' summarizing the recent research ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Soldiers' helmets could control brain activity with ultrasound
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of DARPA's latest pursuits of cutting-edge research involves a neurotechnology lab at Arizona State University that specializes in ultrasonic brain stimulation. By implementing the technology ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Acute toxicity predicts overall survival in high-grade gliomas
Patients with high-grade gliomas who experience acute (early) neurological toxicity during their treatment were more likely to experience chronic (late) neurological toxicity and shortened overall survival, according to researchers ...
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Music aids Alzheimer's patients in remembering new information
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are better able to remember new verbal information when it is provided in the context of music even when ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 12, 2010 |
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Gene links neurodegeneration and cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- In work that could lead to new insights into how neurons protect against neurodegeneration, researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory report that a gene family known for ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Overweight middle-aged adults at greater risk for cognitive decline in later life
The adverse affects of being overweight are not limited to physical function but also extend to neurological function, according to research in the latest issue of the Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and Medical Sc ...
Feb 23, 2010 |
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Can Memory Be Improved? A Meta-Analysis Suggests It Does
A meta-analysis published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by Swiss investigators B. Metternich and associates indicates the effectiveness of non pharmacological interventions on memory complaints.
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Hypertension may predict dementia in older adults with certain cognitive deficits
High blood pressure appears to predict the progression to dementia in older adults with impaired executive functions (ability to organize thoughts and make decisions) but not in those with memory dysfunction, according to ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Scientists crack brain's codes for noun meanings
Two hundred years ago, archaeologists used the Rosetta Stone to understand the ancient Egyptian scrolls. Now, a team of Carnegie Mellon University scientists has discovered the beginnings of a neural Rosetta ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 13, 2010 |
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How do we understand written language?
How do we know that certain combinations of letters have certain meanings? Reading and spelling are complex processes, involving several different areas of the brain, but researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Computer Based on Insights From The Brain Moves Closer to Reality
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today at SC 09, the supercomputing conference, IBM announced significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates and emulates the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Experts: HS football concussions merit more study
(AP) -- Some studies suggest that head injuries can set up professional football players for later mental problems. Now congressmen and experts want to know more about injuries to high school players.
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Guideline: Kids with small head size at risk of neurologic problems, screening needed
A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology, developed in full collaboration with the Child Neurology Society, finds that children with microcephaly that is, children whose head size is smaller than that of 97 ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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White matter changes may predict dementia risk
Elderly people with no memory or thinking problems are more likely to later develop thinking problems if they have a growing amount of "brain rust," or small areas of brain damage, according to a study published in the July ...
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Jul 13, 2009 |
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