Women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer have long complained of lingering cognitive impairments after treatment. These effects are referred to as "chemobrain," a feeling of mental fogginess. A new study from the University ...
Aug 18, 2016
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The world around is complex and changing constantly. To put it in order, we devise categories into which we sort new concepts. To do this we apply different strategies. A team of researchers at the Ruhr University Bochum ...
Jul 20, 2016
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Until recently, marijuana research largely excluded tobacco users from its participant pool. But scientists at the Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas have found reason to include them, uncovering significant differences ...
Oct 2, 2015
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How scientists study the effects of marijuana on the brain is changing. Until recently marijuana research largely excluded tobacco users from its participant pool, but scientists at the Center for BrainHealth at The University ...
Aug 18, 2015
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Using a weak electric current in an attempt to boost brainpower or treat conditions has become popular among scientists and do-it-yourselfers, but a new University of North Carolina School of Medicine study shows that using ...
May 5, 2015
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Vitamin D deficiency in mothers leading up to and during pregnancy has fundamental consequences for their offspring's brain development, researchers from University of Western Australia and the Telethon Kids Institute have ...
Mar 24, 2015
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Stimulation of the hypothalamus completely reverses learning and memory deficits caused by brain lesions in rats, according to a first time discovery by a group of researchers led by the UAB. The research has also served ...
Jan 27, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—For the first time, scientists have uncovered that people blind from birth visualise numbers the opposite way around to sighted people.
Mar 31, 2014
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Alzheimer's disease is the most widespread degenerative neurological disorder in the world. Over five million Americans live with it, and one in three senior citizens will die with the disease or a similar form of dementia. ...
Mar 11, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—The situation is dire: Enemy soldiers have invaded your village and plan to kill all the remaining residents. You have taken your baby to the basement of a nearby house, where you are hiding with a group ...
Mar 11, 2014
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