News tagged with mental stimulation
Learning keeps brain healthy: study
UC Irvine neurobiologists are providing the first visual evidence that learning promotes brain health - and, therefore, that mental stimulation could limit the debilitating effects of aging on memory and the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2010 |
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It's all in your head. No, really: How mental imagery training aids perceptual learning
Practice makes perfect. But imaginary practice? Elisa Tartaglia of the Laboratory of Psychophysics at Switzerland's Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and team show that perceptual learning—learning ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Postponing retirement may delay dementia
(AP) -- Working a few years beyond retirement could help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a new British study published Monday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 18, 2009 |
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The sweet spot? Doctors test targets for Parkinson surgery
Doctors may be able to tailor a specialized form of brain surgery to more closely match the needs of Parkinson patients, according to results from the first large-scale effort to compare the two current target areas of deep ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 13, 2009 |
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