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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Targeted Brain Training May Help with Multitasking
In a recent study published in the journals AGE and PLOS ONE, a research team at the IUGM Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal and the University of Montreal identified the area of the brain involved in multitasking and ways to train it. …
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Common Infections Tied to Stroke Risk in Kids
In a recent study published in the journal Neurology, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) found that common colds and other minor infections may temporarily increase stroke risk in children, with the risk increasing only …
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Study Reveals Meditation Techniques Can Enhance Brain Performance
In a recent study conducted by the National University of Singapore (NUS), researchers demonstrated for the first time that different types of Buddhist meditation — namely the Vajrayana and Theravada styles of mediation — have the potential to elicit …
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Brain “Switchboard” Important in Attention and Sleep
In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center recorded the activity of individual nerve cells in a small part of the brain that works as a “switchboard,” directing signals coming from the outside world …
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Scientists Discover Area of Brain Responsible for Exercise Motivation
In a recent study published by the Journal of Neuroscience, scientists at Seattle Children’s Research Institute have discovered an area of the brain that could control a person’s motivation to exercise and participate in other rewarding activities …
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Children with Autism Have Extra Synapses in Brain
In a recent study published in the journal Neuron, scientists from Columbia University Medical Center found that children and adolescents with autism have a surplus of synapses in the brain due to a slowdown in a normal brain “pruning” process during …
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Monday, August 25, 2014
Research Team Successfully Targets Common Mutation in ALS and Dementia
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the Mayo Clinic have for the first time successfully designed a therapeutic strategy targeting a specific genetic mutation that causes a common form of amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also …
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Monday, August 25, 2014
Preterm Children’s Brains Can Catch Up Years Later
New research published in The Journal of Pediatrics found that the brains of preterm children can perform almost as well as those born at full term by the time they become teenagers. The study found that as long as preterm children don’t experience …
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Friday, August 22, 2014
Scientists Explore Neural Processes that Underlie Punishment
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, scientists identified the brain mechanisms that underlie our judgment of how severely a person who has harmed another should be punished. The study analyzed how that area of the brain determines …
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Friday, August 22, 2014
Brain Wiring Differences Found in Kids with Autism, Sensory Processing Disorders
Research recently published in the journal PLOS ONE found that children with sensory processing disorders (SPD) have decreased structural brain connections in specific sensory regions different than those in autism; further establishing SPD as a clinically …
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