News tagged with cognitive challenges


Creating inclusive child-care spaces

Researchers from the University of Alberta are teaming up with child-care providers and day-home operators to ensure they have adequate training and support needed to offer inclusive spaces for children with disabilities.

Health created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Northwestern Medicine researchers investigate stem cell therapy for stroke

Each year, nearly 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke which can result in permanent brain damage, long term disability or death. As a leading cause of adult disability, stroke has an annual burden of more than $62 billion on ...

Medical research created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic fatigue syndrome—a system under stress

Australian researchers have discovered for the first time that reduced heart rate variability – or changes in heart beat timing – best predicts cognitive disturbances, such as concentration difficulties commonly reported ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UW–Madison researchers expanding study on human resilience

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Institute on Aging are studying how adults overcome social and economic challenges and whether it matters for their health, with a special focus on human resilience in ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What can magnetic resonance tractography teach us about human brain anatomy?

Magnetic resonance tractography (MRT) is a valuable, noninvasive imaging tool for studying human brain anatomy and, as MRT methods and technologies advance, has the potential to yield new and illuminating ...

Medical research created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0