Neuroscience
Heading the football 'affects memory'
Heading a football can significantly affect a player's brain function and memory up to a day, a study by researchers at Scotland's Stirling University has said.
Oct 24, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
A step forward searching for an early biomarker of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from Centre for Biomedical Technology (CTB) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have shown that the abnormal pattern of functional connectivity in patients with mild cognitive impairment can be considered ...
Jul 19, 2016
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Neuroscience
Middle-age memory decline a matter of changing focus
The inability to remember details, such as the location of objects, begins in early midlife (the 40s) and may be the result of a change in what information the brain focuses on during memory formation and retrieval, rather ...
Jul 12, 2016
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Neuroscience
Intensive exercise may keep the aging mind sharp
Older Americans who engage in strenuous exercise are more mentally nimble, have better memory function and process information more speedily than do their more sedentary peers, new research suggests. And as they continued ...
Mar 24, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Omega-3 fatty acids shown to exert a positive effect on the aging brain
Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to show that omega-3 fatty acid supplementation improves memory function in humans. They studied the effects of supplementation with natural omega-3 fatty ...
Mar 15, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Blocking inflammation prevents cell death, improves memory in Alzheimer's disease
Using a drug compound created to treat cancer, University of California, Irvine neurobiologists have disarmed the brain's response to the distinctive beta-amyloid plaques that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.
Feb 29, 2016
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Health
Long-term pot use may make word recall tougher in middle age (Update)
(HealthDay)—People who smoke marijuana as young adults may have a slightly harder time remembering words by the time they reach middle age, a new study suggests.
Feb 1, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Cognitive training effects differ by older adult's education level
The first study to investigate the effects of cognitive training on the cognitive functioning of older adults by education level has found that individuals with fewer than 12 years of schooling benefit more from cognitive ...
Jan 28, 2016
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Neuroscience
Could red wine improve cognitive performance?
"Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages," said Louis Pasteur. Through the biological activity of several classes of organic compounds such as anthocyanins, tannins and flavonoids, red wine is known to have ...
Jan 12, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How much TV you watch as a young adult may affect midlife cognitive function
Watching a lot of TV and having a low physical activity level as a young adult were associated with worse cognitive function 25 years later in midlife, according to an article published online by JAMA Psychiatry.
Dec 2, 2015
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