News tagged with verbal fluency
Language performance and differences in brain activity possibly affected by sex
In a new fMRI study conducted in the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Clinical Research Laboratory (Montpellier I University, France) and published by Elsevier in the February 2009 issue of Cortex, researchers found differ ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Memory problems may be sign of stroke risk
People who have memory problems or other declines in their mental abilities may be at higher risk for stroke, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 63rd Annual Meeting ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Childhood Personality Traits Predict Adult Behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- Personality traits observed in childhood are a strong predictor of adult behavior, a study by researchers at UC Riverside, the Oregon Research Institute and University of Oregon suggests.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 03, 2010 |
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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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Differences in language-related brain activity affected by sex?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Men show greater activation than women in the brain regions connected to language, according to researchers from CNRS, Université de Montpellier I and Montpellier III. This work is published in the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Alzheimer's disease -- crosses boundaries of education and gender
A postgraduate researcher at the University of Hertfordshire has found that Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) results in greater language impairments in more highly-educated than less learned patients.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 15, 2009 |
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