News tagged with brain memory
You can't trust a tortured brain: Neuroscience discredits coercive interrogation
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2009 |
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According to a new review of neuroscientific research, coercive interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration to extract information from terrorist suspects are likely to have been unsuccessful and may have ...
Direct evidence of role of sleep in memory formation is uncovered
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 15, 2009 |
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A Rutgers University, Newark and Collége de France, Paris research team has pinpointed for the first time the mechanism that takes place during sleep that causes learning and memory formation to occur.
Researchers discover the first-ever link between intelligence and curiosity
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from University of Toronto and the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital have discovered a molecular link between intelligence and curiosity, which may lead to the development ...
Cancer drug may improve memory in Alzheimer's patients
Sep 07, 2009 |
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A drug now used to treat cancer may also be able to restore memory deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Columbia University Medical Center, which appeared in the ...
A window into the brain: Researchers use MRI to track memories
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 12, 2009 |
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When we absorb new information, the human brain reshapes itself to store this newfound knowledge. But where exactly is the new knowledge kept, and how does that capacity to adapt reflect our risk for Alzheimer's disease and ...
Flow of potassium into cells implicated in schizophrenia
May 06, 2009 |
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A study on schizophrenia has implicated machinery that maintains the flow of potassium in cells and revealed a potential molecular target for new treatments. Expression of a previously unknown form of a key ...
Memory trick shows brain organization
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 28, 2008 |
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A simple memory trick has helped show UC Davis researchers how an area of the brain called the perirhinal cortex can contribute to forming memories. The finding expands our understanding of how those brain areas that form ...
Do mammals think in 3-D?
Jul 14, 2008 |
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A team of neuroscientists at University College London (UCL) has begun to discover how the brain maps three-dimensional space. The work could one day aid in the understanding and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, which involves ...
