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Blocking brain protein could stop memory loss caused by ageing
Stopping a protein that builds up with age has been shown to aid memory and help mouse brains remain young. If true in humans, a drug could halt memory loss.
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Peeking into the brain's filing system
Neuroscientists are building up a surprisingly clear picture of exactly where our memories live.
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Brain abnormalities in people with schizophrenia identified
Structural brain abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia have been identified by researchers, providing insight into how the condition may develop and respond to treatment.
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Could Travelling Waves Upset Cognitive Neuroscience?
A new paper published in Cognitive Processes argues that neuroscientists may need to look at brain activity from a new angle, in order to understand neural dynamics.
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The gruesome, untold story of Eva Peron’s lobotomy
Did Evita die as the result of sinister brain surgery? One neuroscientist believes so, as David Robson discovers.
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How Networked Monkey Brains Could Help Disabled Humans
Neurobiologists have shown that brain signals from multiple animals can be combined to perform certain tasks better than a single brain.
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Monkey 'brain net' raises prospect of human brain-to-brain connection
In two separate experiments, scientists have formed a network from the brains of monkeys and rats, allowing them to co-operate and learn as a “superbrain”
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The Girl Who Smelled Pink
A mother wonders if we are all born with synesthesia. By Kristen Weir.
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What's the best way to fight memory loss?
We'd all like to about keep our brains as sharp as possible as we age. But what are the best ways to do this?
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How the Brain Changes When You Meditate - Mindful
By charting new pathways in the brain, mindfulness can change the banter inside our heads from chaotic to calm.
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This Is Your Brain on Jane Austen
The Neuroscience of Reading Great Literature
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Alzheimer's Evolves Way Before The Symptoms Emerge
Alzheimer’s accounts for 60 to 70% cases of Dementia. People suffering from this chronic neuro-degenerative disease have an average life expectancy of three to nine years, following diagnosis. A new study proposes that certain bio-makers can hint early onset of Alzheimer’s disease, way before any symptoms emerge.
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What does rosemary do to your brain?
In folk medicine, rosemary has been associated for centuries with having a good memory.
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The alphabet of months: a year of living with multiple sclerosis
My daughter took her first steps on the day I was diagnosed – a juxtaposition so perfect, so trite, so filled with the tacky artifice of real life that I am generally too ashamed to tell anyone about it. By Christian Donlan.
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Depression damages parts of the brain, research concludes
Brain damage is caused by persistent depression rather than being a predisposing factor for it, researchers have finally concluded after decades of unconfirmed hypothesising.
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Brainlike Structures Made from Stem Cells Shed Light on Autism
Brain “organoids” made from the stem cells of autism patients could help researchers determine the factors that lead to the disorder.
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The Experience and Perception of Time
We see colours, hear sounds and feel textures. Some aspects of the world, it seems, are perceived through a particular sense. Others, like shape, are perceived through more than one sense. But what sense or senses do we use when perceiving time?
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Screaming Triggers Alarm Bells in the Brain
A new study is turning an ear toward what exactly makes screams so terrifying.
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Alzheimer’s Disease and musical memory
Imagine the unimaginable. Suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), the person with whom you shared most of your life has forgotten who you are, and even worse, can no longer remember their own experiences, their relationships, and how to behave appropriately in everyday situations. But although most of their long-term memory is heavily impaired, they may continue to relate astonishingly well to autobiographically relevant pieces of music...
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What Color Is This Song?
Test your inner synesthesia. By Stephen E. Palmer.
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