Daydreamers may have more efficient brains
Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta indicates that people who daydream have very active brains and may actually be more creative and intelligent that the average person....
read moreLearningRx reviews study on gene therapy and cognitive decline...
A research team in Barcelona has discovered that we may be able to protect against cognitive decline with gene therapy. The therapy works by increasing brain levels of a protein called Klotho....
read moreExperimental drugs rewire brain connections in autism
Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas have identified two potential drugs that may treat autism by targeting the effects of a faulty gene on neural communication....
read moreUnexpected memory retrieval mechanism found
Scientists studying the hippocampus were surprised to discover that memory retrieval and memory formation depend on very distinct mechanisms....
read moreHow an eye test could detect Alzheimer’s
Researchers have developed an optical imaging system that can detect a hallmark of Alzheimer’s, bringing us closer to being able to diagnose the disease through a routine visit to the optician....
read moreAdult brains undergo structural changes earlier than we thought...
New research has found that fractional anisotropy decreases significantly with age and that the link to age-related changes is so significant that researchers can accurately estimate an individual’s age just by analyzing brain scans....
read moreAlgorithm could predict Alzheimer’s risk years before symptoms occur...
Researcher at McGill University in Canada have developed an algorithm that may be able to predict a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s years before the onset of symptoms....
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