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Newswise: Withdrawal from Psychostimulants Restructures Functional Architecture of Brain
Released: 27-Sep-2021 2:50 PM EDT
Withdrawal from Psychostimulants Restructures Functional Architecture of Brain
UC San Diego Health

Researchers describe how withdrawal from nicotine, methamphetamine and cocaine alters the functional architecture and patterns in the brains of mice, compared to control animals, a key to developing addiction treatments.

Released: 27-Sep-2021 10:30 AM EDT
Alzheimer’s Drug May Help Maintain Mitochondrial Function in Muscles as It Slows Cognitive Decline
American Physiological Society (APS)

A common treatment for Alzheimer’s disease may help people with the earliest stages of the disease maintain mitochondrial function in their muscles in addition to slowing cognitive decline. The first-of-its-kind study is published ahead of print in Function.

Newswise: New research “sniffs out” how associative memories are formed
Released: 22-Sep-2021 12:25 PM EDT
New research “sniffs out” how associative memories are formed
University of California, Irvine

Has the scent of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies ever taken you back to afternoons at your grandmother’s house? Has an old song ever brought back memories of a first date? The ability to remember relationships between unrelated items (an odor and a location, a song and an event) is known as associative memory.

Newswise: Researchers Find Human Learning Can be Duplicated in Solid Matter
Released: 22-Sep-2021 12:05 PM EDT
Researchers Find Human Learning Can be Duplicated in Solid Matter
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers researchers and their collaborators have found that learning -- a universal feature of intelligence in living beings -- can be mimicked in synthetic matter, a discovery that in turn could inspire new algorithms for artificial intelligence (AI).

Released: 21-Sep-2021 3:50 PM EDT
MIND Diet Linked to Better Cognitive Performance
RUSH

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found that older adults may benefit from a specific diet called the MIND diet even when they develop these protein deposits, known as amyloid plaques and tangles.

Released: 20-Sep-2021 2:45 PM EDT
Using internet in retirement boosts cognitive function -- new research
Lancaster University

Using the internet during your retirement years can boost your cognitive function, a new study has found.

   
Released: 17-Sep-2021 11:55 AM EDT
Time until dementia symptoms appear can be estimated via brain scan
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed an approach to estimating when a person with no cognitive symptoms will start showing signs of Alzheimer’s dementia based on data from brain scans and the person's age.

15-Sep-2021 12:05 PM EDT
Research reveals drug targets for memory enhancement
University of Bristol

Bristol-led research has identified specific drug targets within the neural circuits that encode memories, paving the way for significant advances in the treatment of a broad spectrum of brain disorders.

Released: 14-Sep-2021 4:40 PM EDT
The latest research news in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Newswise

Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL - Dr. Dave Bowman

Released: 10-Sep-2021 4:50 PM EDT
Who's in cognitive control?
Washington University in St. Louis

A new study into cognitive control from the lab of Todd Braver promises to be the first of many aimed at understanding its origins in the brain and its variations between people and among groups.

Released: 3-Sep-2021 4:50 PM EDT
New Model for Solving Novel Problems Uses Mental Map
University of California, Davis

How do we make decisions about a situation we have not encountered before?

Newswise: Rutgers Neurologist Explores Link between COVID and ‘Brain Fog,’ Dementia
Released: 2-Sep-2021 2:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Neurologist Explores Link between COVID and ‘Brain Fog,’ Dementia
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

A new Rutgers study will examine how COVID-19 is affecting individuals in a number of cognitive-related areas, including memory loss, “brain fog,” and dementia.

Newswise: People look alike if we think they have similar personalities, new study finds
Released: 2-Sep-2021 2:40 AM EDT
People look alike if we think they have similar personalities, new study finds
New York University

Do Vladimir Putin and Justin Bieber look alike? They do if you think they have similar personalities, shows a new study by a team of psychologists.

Newswise: New brain model provides patient-specific Alzheimer’s insights, predictions of cognitive decline
Released: 2-Sep-2021 2:20 AM EDT
New brain model provides patient-specific Alzheimer’s insights, predictions of cognitive decline
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

A study led by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital has established a new resource for exploring and understanding Alzheimer’s disease (AD) on an individualized level.

Released: 31-Aug-2021 1:10 PM EDT
Head, shoulders, knees and… tablet? UB receives grant to turn pre-K assessment tool into digital game
University at Buffalo

To help teachers determine if their pre-kindergarten students are ready to transition to formal schooling, a University at Buffalo-led team of researchers will create augmented reality and mobile game versions of the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders (HTKS) assessment, a tool used primarily by researchers to measure skills necessary for success in school.

Released: 27-Aug-2021 6:55 PM EDT
Postponed retirement slows cognitive decline
Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)

Postponing retirement is protective against cognitive decline.

Released: 26-Aug-2021 3:10 PM EDT
Inflammatory Proteins Help Better Diagnose Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Testing for some inflammatory proteins associated with the nervous and immune systems will help diagnose the earlier onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a Rutgers study.

   
Released: 26-Aug-2021 9:10 AM EDT
University of Kentucky Study: Healthy Dietary Intake Associated With Lower Brain Iron, Better Cognition in Older Adults
University of Kentucky

Research conducted at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine suggests that higher intake of specific nutrients is associated with lower brain iron concentration and better cognitive performance in older adults.

Released: 26-Aug-2021 2:20 AM EDT
Old Habit-Controlling Neurons May Also Help the Brain Learn New Tricks
Mount Sinai Health System

In a study of rodents, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai discovered that a part of the brain traditionally thought to control typing the old habits may also play a critical role in learning the new actions. The results, published on August 25th in Nature Communications, suggest that this process involves a delicate balance in the activity of two neighboring neural circuits: one dedicated to new actions and the other to old habits



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