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Individuals with traumatic brain injury have significantly more difficulty with gist reasoning than traditional cognitive tests, research shows. Using a unique cognitive assessment, these findings indicate that an individual’s ability to ‘get the gist’…
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Using multiphoton imaging, researchers are now able to move beyond characterizing the properties of individual cells to investigate how communication among neurons changes over the course of development. In a new paper, researchers report substantial d…
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‘Cognitive SuperAgers,’ persons aged 80 and above with extraordinarily sharp memories, have distinctly different looking brains than those of normal older people, according to new research. A new study begins to reveal why the memories of these cogniti…
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Scientists have found that that activation of cholinergic neurons — those that release the neurotransmitter acetylcholine — in two brain stem structures can induce REM sleep in an animal model. Better understanding of mechanisms that control differen…
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Facebook use can lead to symptoms of depression if the social networking site triggers feelings of envy among its users, research shows. “Facebook can be a fun and healthy activity if users take advantage of the site to stay connected with family and o…
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Gene expression within neurons is critical for the formation of memories, but it’s difficult to identify genes whose expression is altered by learning. Now researchers have successfully monitored the expression of genes in neurons after rats were expos…
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A new study heightens concerns over the detrimental impact of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ?4 allele — the most prevalent genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease — upon cognition, olfaction, and metabolic brain indices in healthy urban children and teens.
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Young lovers walking down the aisle may dream of long and healthy lives together, but close friends in the wedding party may have a better sense of whether those wishes will come true, suggests new…
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Studies of stress and its effects on health have typically focused on the worries of an individual: money, love, health, work. But what about stress shared by two people in a romantic relationship?
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Researchers report that rates of suicide rose sharply to a 30-year high in Greece following the introduction of further austerity measures.
