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Alzheimer's Gene Alters Brain Function in Young Adults

(PhysOrg.com) -- The gene most closely linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease affects brain activity in young adults -- much earlier in life than previously reported -- according to researchers at Duke ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0




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Interview: Dr. Ben Goertzel on Artificial General Intelligence, Transhumanism and Open Source (Part 2/2)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Ben Goertzel is Chairman of Humanity+; CEO of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC; leader of the open-source OpenCog Artificial General Intelligence ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 52 | with audio podcast feature

Blood protein tied to Alzheimer's brain abnormalities through study

Scientists are seeking ways to detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease, since harmful changes may be taking place in the brain years before symptoms appear. Now, researchers report that a blood test detecting a ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals how taking an active role in learning enhances memory

Good news for control freaks! New research confirms that having some authority over how one takes in new information significantly enhances one's ability to remember it. The study, in the journal Nature Ne ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Controlling individual cortical nerve cells by human thought (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Five years ago, neuroscientist Christof Koch of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), neurosurgeon Itzhak Fried of UCLA, and their colleagues discovered that a single neuron in ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

From touchpad to thought-pad? Research shows that digital images can be manipulated with the mind

Move over, touchpad screens: New research funded in part by the National Institutes of Health shows that it is possible to manipulate complex visual images on a computer screen using only the mind.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Despite brain damage, working memory functions -- within limits

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, led by Larry R. Squire, PhD, professor of psychiatry, psychology and neurosciences at UC San Diego and a scientist at the VA San Diego ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Memory researchers explain latest findings on improving the mind, stopping memory loss

The ability to remember is not just to glimpse into the past; a sharp memory can help with creativity, productivity and even the ability to imagine the future, according to several psychologists.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 13, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Plasma protein appears to be associated with development and severity of Alzheimer's disease

Higher concentrations of clusterin, a protein in the blood plasma, appears to be associated with the development, severity and progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Ge ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers make first direct recording of mirror neurons in human brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mirror neurons, many say, are what make us human. They are the cells in the brain that fire not only when we perform a particular action but also when we watch someone else perform that same ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Sensitive people may use their brains differently

(PhysOrg.com) -- An exploratory study has examined highly sensitive people and found the first evidence of neural differences between them and less sensitive people. Most studies have focused on the social ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report


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