Posts Tagged ‘memory’
Health & Medicine - Oct 28, 2009 19:36 - 7 Comments
Bad driving may be in the genes
UC IRVINE (US)—Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame. A recent study found that people with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than people without it—and a follow-up test a few days later yielded similar results. About 30 percent of Americans have the variant. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 21, 2009 9:40 - 0 Comments
Baby and puppy miss the cue . . . again
U. IOWA (US)—New findings challenge the conclusions of two recent studies on how babies and dogs respond to certain social cues, suggesting they may not be so clever after all. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 28, 2009 10:36 - 3 Comments
Wonder drug may treat cancer, addiction
UC IRVINE (US)—A drug in development to treat cancer could have the added benefit of helping prevent relapse in people trying to overcome cocaine addiction. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 31, 2009 13:12 - 1 Comment
Pay attention, multitaskers!
“When [multitaskers are] in situations where there are multiple sources of information coming from the external world or emerging out of memory, they’re not able to filter out what’s not relevant to their current goal,” says psychologist Anthony Wagner. “That failure to filter means they’re slowed down by that irrelevant information.”
Health & Medicine - Aug 7, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
Hippocampus minds the memory gap
“As we learn more about how the brain forms memories, we can better understand what makes them go awry and then explore behavioral and neurological remedies,” says study coauthor Lila Davachi.
Health & Medicine - Jul 23, 2009 5:00 - 0 Comments
Stem cells fertilize brains of Alzheimer’s mice
Frank LaFerla (left), Mathew Blurton-Jones, and colleagues have found that neural stem cells could be a potential treatment for advanced Alzheimer’s disease.
Health & Medicine - Jul 2, 2009 12:51 - 0 Comments
Older Yanks top Brits in battle of the brains
“Given the growing number of older adults worldwide,” says Kenneth Langa, University of Michigan professor of medicine, “future cross-national studies aimed at identifying the medical and social factors that might prevent or delay cognitive decline in older adults would make important and valuable contributions to public health.”
Society & Culture - Jun 26, 2009 10:01 - 0 Comments
Distracting cell phones have familiar ring
“Many of us consider a cell phone ringing in a public place to be an annoying disruption, but this study confirms that these nuisance noises also have real-life impacts,” says Jill Shelton, a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Health & Medicine - Jun 18, 2009 9:57 - 0 Comments
Putting name to face helps you remember
Left Image: At first glance this image looks like the actor Brad Pitt, because our brain processes faces holistically. But look at just the eyes in the figure, while ignoring the mouth. Are these the eyes of the actor Matt Damon? The answer is yes. Right Image: The “Ziggerins” created and used in the experiment. One group of research subjects learned to categorize the Ziggerins into groups that share a structure. The categories are shown here by rows.
Health & Medicine - Apr 8, 2009 11:05 - 0 Comments
Memories, in the cells of your mind
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—As we look at the world around us, images flicker into our brains like so many disparate pixels on a computer screen that change every time our eyes move, which is several times a second. Yet we don’t perceive the world as a constantly flashing computer display.
Health & Medicine - Mar 11, 2009 5:18 - 1 Comment
Hypertension in kids linked to memory problems
U. ROCHESTER (US)—The long list of health problems associated with hypertension and obesity in children continues to grow—as do the number of newly diagnosed cases each year. A study out of the University of Rochester is adding to that list of associated symptoms and raising red flags for parents and doctors. (more…)
