How estrogen affects memory
A research team has found that adding estrogen to female mouse brains boosts short-term learning....
read moreDistractibility trait predisposes some to attentional lapses
There’s new research indicating that people vary not only according to personality traits, but also by cognitive traits like distractibility....
read moreHow music and language shape the brain
A Northwestern University professor has created a way to measure how the brain makes sense of sound....
read moreMother’s PCOS may raise autism risk in offspring
Researchers have identified a link between maternal polycystic ovary syndrome and increased risk of autism in the offspring....
read moreWhich chemo drugs cause the worst cognitive deficits?
New research of “chemo” drugs has found that anthracyclines cause a greater decrease on verbal memory tests....
read moreNew computerized linguistic approach detects Alzheimer’s
A new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease shows that researchers can diagnosed Alzheimer’s with 82% accuracy by evaluating the interplay between four linguistic factors and developing automated technology to detect the impairments....
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