Category Archives: Cognitive Neuroscience

Loneliness Could Boost Alzheimer’s Risk

February 6, 2007 – 2:34 pm

Researchers at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago have assessed loneliness and dementia.  “In human beings, loneliness has been associated with impaired social skills. Thus, neural systems underlying social behavior might be less elaborated in lonely persons and, as a result, be less able to compensate for other neural systems compromised by age-related neuropathy,” [...]

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Learning Slows Physical Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease

January 25, 2007 – 12:17 pm

Another study showing the impact of learning on our brains. “These remarkable findings suggest stimulating the mind with activities such as reading books or completing crossword puzzles may help delay and/or prevent Alzheimer’s disease in senior citizens.” The full piece can be read here

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Bilingualism delays onset of dementia: study

January 22, 2007 – 12:12 pm

Here is another study on the benefits of studying another language. “If you have two languages in your brain, you need a way to keep them straight, otherwise you might say the wrong thing,” she said. It’s one of the things that often goes wrong with people suffering from dementia. They can no longer control [...]

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New Imaging Compound Might ‘See’ Alzheimer’s Earlier

December 28, 2006 – 3:41 pm

Here is some more progress in the ability to detect Alzheimer’s earlier on. “We urgently need techniques to see brain changes in the earliest stages of cognitive decline so that we can identify people at risk…” The full article can be read here

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Alzheimer’s now claiming younger individuals

December 19, 2006 – 2:44 pm

A good article over at US News and World Report on how cognitive decline is impacting people under 65. “Several hundred thousand people–perhaps as many as 640,000–under the age of 65 who have dementia, the vicious thief of minds that steals memories, personality, relationships, language, and ultimately the ability to function as a human being”. You [...]

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Exercise alone or with others protects aging brain

December 15, 2006 – 7:04 pm

Here is an interesting post over at iHealthBulletin. Everybody knows that exercise is good for your heart, but in recent years we’ve gathered compelling evidence that exercise is also good for your brain,” says Fred Gage, PhD, of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. “We now know that exercise helps generate new brain cells, even [...]

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Possible fingerprint of Alzheimer’s found

December 12, 2006 – 1:00 pm

Here is an interesting article on a new development in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Scientists appear to have found a fingerprint of Alzheimer’s disease lurking in patients’ spinal fluid, a step toward a long-awaited test for the memory-robbing disease that today can be diagnosed definitively only at autopsy. Read the full article here

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MetLife and Museums to promote understanding of aging

December 5, 2006 – 12:14 am

Here is a post on some funding from MetLife. This will support intergenerational programs and underwrite exhibitions to promote understanding of aging, brain health and healthy lifestyles More here  

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INTERNET — Working out your brain

December 1, 2006 – 5:44 pm

Associated Press writer looks at brain work-outs on the web. Special attention is made to our www.happyneuron.com site and the article acknowledges the richness of our site compared to other online brain work-outs. It also states that mental calisthenics are good for you. In other words, rigorous mental activity appears to be good for brain health, and, as [...]

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Novelty Boosts Learning

November 28, 2006 – 11:56 am

A very interesting post from the Eide Neurolearning blog. “This study shows that revising is more effective if you mix new facts in with the old. You actually learn better, even though your brain is also tied up with new information.” Read in full here

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