News tagged with cognitive reserve
Your plaice or mine? Male fish refuse to ask for directions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Male fish are so stubborn that they refuse to ask for directions, especially when they are ready to reproduce.
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Formal education lessens the impact of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the Department of Psychiatry, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, investigated the effects of formal education on the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. They were able to show that ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Economists list cheapest ways to save the world
Leading economists have ranked how to best and most cost-effectively invest to solve many of the world's seemingly insurmountable problems, a Danish think-tank said Monday, calling for a shift in global priorities.
May 14, 2012 |
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Learned, not innate human intuition: Study finds twist to the story of the number line
Tape measures. Rulers. Graphs. The gas gauge in your car, and the icon on your favorite digital device showing battery power. The number line and its cousins notations that map numbers onto space and ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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One world, one sound
The world is composed of multiple languages, cultures, races and religions, but among this diversity our eyes see, it is possible that the world is more united through our ears.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Of minds and machines
In the 1950s and '60s -- when MITs Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts were building networks of artificial neurons, John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky were helping to create the discipline of artificial intelligence and ...
May 10, 2011 |
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Anti-depressants boost brain cells after injury in early studies
Anti-depressants may help spur the creation and survival of new brain cells after brain injury, according to a study by neurosurgeons at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 18, 2011 |
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What you do may be a reflection of what you know
They say who you know is as important as what you know. But University of Maine economist Todd Gabe has turned this slogan on its side. His research is based on the premise that what you do is a reflection of what you know. ...
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Feb 23, 2011 |
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Speaking 2 languages may delay getting Alzheimer's
Mastering a second language can pump up your brain in ways that seem to delay getting Alzheimer's disease later on, scientists said Friday.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Hearing loss associated with development of dementia
Older adults with hearing loss appear more likely to develop dementia, and their risk increases as hearing loss becomes more severe, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Neurology.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Beyond the bullet: Surviving a shot to the head carries host of challenges
The spectral images, reproduced in neurosurgery journals and textbooks, could be captioned "Beauty and the Beast." Captured by X-ray and CT scan, the human brain is pierced by a bullet, nail, pool cue or chunk of razor-sharp ...
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Blood test predicts cognitive decline
(PhysOrg.com) -- Low blood levels of beta-amyloid 42, a protein-like substance, were associated with the risk of significant cognitive decline within nine years in a group of elders, in a study led by Kristine Yaffe, MD, ...
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Jan 21, 2011 |
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