Category Archives: Cognitive Neuroscience

Nestlé foods and your brain

November 22, 2006 – 12:14 pm

Here is an interesting post over at Brain Ready on how the large consumer food group Nestlé is looking into brain health. Nestle is entering into a five-year research effort with an esteemed research branch of the Swiss government, the EPFL Brain Mind Institute,  to study, “the role nutrition plays in children’s brain development to identifying ways of [...]

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Better Alzheimer’s test developed

November 18, 2006 – 2:04 pm

The BBC has an interesting article on a recent development in the area of Alzheimer’s. A new test may help researchers understand why a toxin builds up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. This test that could help improve diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s.   More can be read at BBC

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Fish Oil Linked to Lower Alzheimer’s Risk

November 15, 2006 – 6:20 pm

 The New York Times reports on a new study: A substance found in fish oil may be associated with a significantly reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s and other dementias, researchers reported yesterday. More can be read at the New York Times article

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Can blogging improve brain capacity?

November 7, 2006 – 7:43 am

A very interesting blog entry about whether blogging can improve brain capacity was posted on the Eide Neurolearning Blog. The post starts off with the question “Is blogging good for you?” Why ask this question? The primary reason can be found in one of the central tenets of modern neuroscience: “The neurons that fire together, [...]

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