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April 19, 2024

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Does Using Your Brain More at Work Help Ward Off Thinking, Memory Problems?

Apr. 17, 2024 — The harder your brain works at your job, the less likely you may be to have memory and thinking problems later in life, according to a new study. This study does not prove that stimulating work prevents mild cognitive impairment. It only shows an ...

Workings of Working Memory Detailed

Apr. 17, 2024 — Investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory -- the type required to remember a phone number long enough to dial it -- coordinate intentional focus and short-term storage of ...

Take It from the Rats: A Junk Food Diet Can Cause Long-Term Damage to Adolescent Brains

Apr. 15, 2024 — A study on the effects of a junk food diet on rats reinforces scientific understanding about the gut-brain ...

New Origin of Deep Brain Waves Discovered

Apr. 10, 2024 — Biomedical engineering researchers have uncovered a previously unknown source of two key brain waves crucial for deep sleep: slow waves and sleep spindles. Traditionally believed to originate from one brain circuit linking the thalamus and cortex, ...

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New Technique Sheds Light on Memory and Learning

Apr. 9, 2024 — The findings may also have implications for learning and memory disorders, including Fragile X ...

Blended Antioxidant Supplement Improves Cognition and Memory in Aged Mice

Apr. 2, 2024 — Cell damage from oxidative stress is a major underlying cause of age-related cognitive and muscle strength decline. Antioxidants can reduce oxidative stress and prevent age-related health decline. A ...

A Decade of Aphantasia Research: What We've Learned About People Who Can't Visualize

Mar. 27, 2024 — People who can't visualize an image in their mind's eye are less likely to remember the details of important past personal events or to recognize ...

Mechanism Found to Determine Which Memories Last

Mar. 28, 2024 — Neuroscientists have established in recent decades the idea that some of each day's experiences are converted by the brain into permanent memories during sleep the same night. Now, a new study ...

Making Long-Term Memories Requires Nerve-Cell Damage

Mar. 27, 2024 — Just as you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs, scientists have found that you can't make long-term memories without DNA damage and brain ...

Artificial Nanofluidic Synapses Can Store Computational Memory

Mar. 19, 2024 — In a step toward nanofluidic-based neuromorphic -- or brain-inspired -- computing, engineers have succeeded in executing a logic operation by connecting two chips that use ions, rather than ...

Early Intervention After the First Seizure May Prevent Long-Term Epilepsy and Associated Cognitive Deficits

Mar. 22, 2024 — Only a very small percentage of neurons show changes after an epileptic seizure in mice, but these alterations can be permanent and trigger future ...

The Power of Neighbors: Neighboring Synapses Shape Learning and Memory

Mar. 21, 2024 — A researcher has developed a new model that provides a holistic view on how our brain manages to learn quickly and forms stable, long-lasting memories. Their study sheds light on the crucial role of ...

Keto Diet Prevents Early Memory Decline in Mice

Mar. 20, 2024 — A new study shows the keto diet prevents early memory decline in mice. A molecule in the diet plays a key role in slowing Alzheimer's ...

Researchers Find Unanticipated Complexity in Aging Brain's Memory Decline

Mar. 18, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that the causes of age-related memory decline are more complicated than previously believed. Their study found that neural dedifferentiation is driven by different ...

Fatty Food Before Surgery May Impair Memory in Old, Young Adults

Mar. 15, 2024 — Eating fatty food in the days leading up to surgery may prompt a heightened inflammatory response in the brain that interferes for weeks with memory-related cognitive function in older adults -- and, ...

Study: Best Way to Memorize Stuff? It Depends ...

Mar. 12, 2024 — Recent experiments by psychologists shed new light on how we learn and how we remember our real-world experiences. In two experiments, researchers asked participants to repeatedly study pairs of ...

Researchers Identify Gene Involved in Neuronal Vulnerability in Alzheimer's Disease

Mar. 11, 2024 — Early stages of neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by the accumulation of proteins in discrete populations of brain cells and degeneration of these cells. For most diseases, this selective ...

Brain Waves Travel in One Direction When Memories Are Made and the Opposite When Recalled

Mar. 8, 2024 — These wide-ranging waves quickly link the specific constellations of brain regions that work in harmony to perform a ...

A Noninvasive Treatment for 'Chemo Brain'

Mar. 6, 2024 — A noninvasive treatment may help to counter 'chemo brain' impairment often seen in chemotherapy patients: Exposure to light and sound with a frequency of 40 hertz protected brain cells from ...

Sleep Apnea Symptoms Linked to Memory and Thinking Problems

Mar. 4, 2024 — People who experience sleep apnea may be more likely to also have memory or thinking problems, according to a preliminary study. The study shows a positive association but did not determine whether ...

Long-Term Memory and Lack of Mental Images

Feb. 27, 2024 — When people lack visual imagination, this is known as aphantasia. Researchers investigated how the lack of mental imagery affects long-term memory. They were able to show that changes in two ...

Learning and Memory Problems in Down Syndrome Linked to Alterations in Genome's 'Dark Matter'

Feb. 27, 2024 — The activity of Snhg11, a gene found in the 'dark matter' of the genome, is critical for the function and formation of neurons in the hippocampus, specifically in an area critical for ...

Yoga Provides Unique Cognitive Benefits to Older Women at Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

Feb. 26, 2024 — A new study found Kundalini yoga provided several benefits to cognition and memory for older women at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease including restoring neural pathways, preventing brain ...

Sleep Improves Ability to Recall Complex Events

Feb. 21, 2024 — Sleep helps consolidate our memory of complex associations, thus supporting the ability to complete memories of whole ...

Blocking Key Protein May Halt Progression of Alzheimer's Disease

Feb. 20, 2024 — Researchers have found that inhibiting a key protein can stop the destruction of synapses and dendritic spines commonly seen in Alzheimer's ...

Can a Single Brain Region Encode Familiarity and Recollection?

Feb. 20, 2024 — The human brain has the extraordinary ability to rapidly discern a stranger from someone familiar, even as it can simultaneously remember details about someone across decades of encounters. Now, in ...

The Brain Is 'Programmed' for Learning from People We Like

Feb. 15, 2024 — Our brains are 'programmed' to learn more from people we like -- and less from those we dislike. This has been shown by researchers in cognitive neuroscience in a series of ...

Oxytocin: The Love Hormone That Holds the Key to Better Memory

Feb. 13, 2024 — Oxytocin, a naturally occurring chemical in the brain, plays a crucial role in various cognitive functions, including memory. A recent study revealed that the activation of neurons in the ...

Neural Prosthetic Device Can Help Humans Restore Memory

Feb. 13, 2024 — A team of scientists have demonstrated the first successful use of a neural prosthetic device to recall specific ...

Are You Depressed? Scents Might Help

Feb. 13, 2024 — Smelling a familiar scent can help depressed individuals recall specific autobiographical memories and potentially assist in their ...

Improving Quality of Life and Sleep in People With Memory Problems Without Using Drugs

Feb. 6, 2024 — A groundbreaking study has shown promising results in improving the quality of life (QOL) and sleep quality in individuals living with memory problems. The research delves into the efficacy of a ...

Fatty Acids Hold Clue to Creating Memories

Feb. 5, 2024 — Researchers have revealed the crucial role of saturated fatty acids in the brain's consolidation of ...

Scientists Discover a Potential Way to Repair Synapses Damaged in Alzheimer's Disease

Feb. 1, 2024 — While newly approved drugs for Alzheimer's show some promise for slowing the memory-robbing disease, the current treatments fall far short of being effective at regaining ...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Tied to Memory, Thinking Problems

Jan. 31, 2024 — People with polycystic ovary syndrome may be more likely to have memory and thinking problems in middle age, according to new research. The study does not prove that polycystic ovary syndrome causes ...