MIT study: Maturity brings richer memories
MIT News, MA -MIT neuroscientists exploring how memory formation differs between children and adults have found that although the two groups have much in common,…”
Archive for Cognitive Neuroscience
MIT study: Maturity brings richer memories
135000 Youths Suffer Sports-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries Yearly
135000 Youths Suffer Sports-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries Yearly
FOX News -”About 135000 or 65 percent of sports- and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries treated in US emergency rooms each year occur in young people ages 5 …”
Train your Brain to Erase Bad Memories
People can train themselves to forget bad memories, study says
Los Angeles Times, CA Jul 12, 2007
“You can train yourself to remember something and you can train yourself to forget it,” said University of Colorado graduate student Brendan E. Depue, …”
Brain Health Roadmap
We mentioned this great initiative (by the CDC and Alzheimer’s Association) before. Andreas just wrote a good summary of the Brain Health Roadmap, reviewing the Top 10 actions outlined. Enjoy
Healthy Brain Initiative by CDC and Alzheimer’s Association
The CDC has reported a joint initiative with the Alzheimer’s Association to create the Healthy Brain Initiative: A National Public Health Roadmap for Cognitive Health. Keep reading about the Healthy Brain Initiative.
Feeling good to be good may be only natural
Feeling good to be good may be only natural
MSNBC
“The results were showing that when the volunteers placed the interests of others before their own, the generosity activated a primitive part of the brain…”
Magnets to make your Brain grow stronger
Magnets to make your Brain grow stronger
I4U
“Stimulating the brain in mice with a magnetic coil appears to promote the growth of new neurons in areas associated with learning and memory. …”
If you want safer interventions…you better read Easy Steps to Improve Your Brain Health Now.
Meditation may fine-tune control over attention
Meditation may fine-tune control over attention
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“Everyday experience and psychology research both indicate that paying close attention to one thing can keep you from noticing something else… a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that attention does not have a fixed capacity – and that it can be improved by directed mental training, such as meditation.”
- “Led by postdoctoral fellow Heleen Slagter, Davidson’s research group in the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior recruited subjects interested in meditation to study whether conscious mental training can affect attention. “Meditation is a family of methods designed to facilitate regulation of emotion and attention,” says Davidson.”
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Newswise (press release)
“And while basic cognitive skills steadily improve in middle childhood, they then seem to level off – questioning the idea of a burst of brain development in …”
More soldiers suffering brain injuries
More soldiers suffering brain injuries
Science Daily (press release)
“The panel says the Defense Department should develop more brain-injury research and improve specialized care for brain injuries, which often go undetected …”
