Psychology of possibilities can enhance health, happiness, research says
First-time mothers who pay attention to their emotional and physical changes during their pregnancy may feel better and have healthier newborns than new mothers who don't, according to research to be presented at American ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 02, 2012 |
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Gene discovery set to help with mysterious paralysis of childhood
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a very rare disorder that causes paralysis that freezes one side of the body and then the other in devastating bouts that arise at unpredictable intervals. Seizures, learning disabilities ...
Genetics
Jul 29, 2012 |
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Piglets in mazes provide insights into human cognitive development
Events that take place early in life almost certainly have consequences for later cognitive development. Establishing the connections is difficult, however, because human infants cannot be used as laboratory subjects.
Neuroscience
Jul 25, 2012 |
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New publication examines effect of early drug administration on Alzheimer's animal model
In a study published June 25 in the Journal of Neuroscience, a collaborative team of researchers led by Linda J. Van Eldik, director of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and D. Martin Watterson of the ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Jul 24, 2012 |
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Alcoholism and HIV infection have different effects on visuomotor procedural memory processes
The different effects on memory processes by chronic alcoholism and HIV infection likely reflect the specific neuropathology associated with each condition: frontocerebellar dysfunction in alcoholism and frontostriatal dysfunction ...
Addiction
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Multiple mild concussions have a cumulative, lasting effect
(Medical Xpress) -- Repeated concussions, even mild ones, can result in profound problems with learning and memory, suggests a study led by William Meehan, MD, director of the Sports Concussion Clinic at Boston Children’s ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Better management of traumatic brain injury
New treatments to lessen the severity of the more than 21,000 Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) cases that occur in Australia each year are on the horizon.
Neuroscience
Jul 19, 2012 |
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Triangles guide the way for live neural circuits in a dish
Korean scientists have used tiny stars, squares and triangles as a toolkit to create live neural circuits in a dish.
Neuroscience
Jul 19, 2012 |
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LINDSAY: The future of medical education
Researchers at the University of Calgary have created a new, interactive tool that will change the way medical education is taught.
Other
Jul 16, 2012 |
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Pediatric tumors traced to stem cells in developing brain
Stem cells that come from a specific part of the developing brain help fuel the growth of brain tumors caused by an inherited condition, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.
Cancer
Jul 09, 2012 |
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Adults with learning disabilities at greater risk of sight problems
Adults with learning disabilities are ten times more likely to be blind or have impaired vision according to researchers from Lancaster University.
Ophthalmology
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Confusion can be beneficial for learning
(Medical Xpress) -- Most of us assume that confidence and certainty are preferred over uncertainty and bewilderment when it comes to learning complex information. But a new study led by Sidney D’Mello ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 20, 2012 |
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When being scared twice is enough to remember
One of the brain's jobs is to help us figure out what's important enough to be remembered. Scientists at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University have achieved some insight into how fleeting experiences become ...
Neuroscience
Jun 12, 2012 |
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Noninvasive brain stimulation shown to impact walking patterns
In a step towards improving rehabilitation for patients with walking impairments, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute found that non-invasive stimulation of the cerebellum, an area of the brain known to be essential ...
Neuroscience
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Learning and memory: The role of neo-neurons revealed
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have recently identified in mice the role played by neo-neurons formed in the adult brain. By using selective stimulation the researchers ...
Neuroscience
May 22, 2012 |
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