LearningRx1 Memory | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 10

12 Foods to Boost Brain Function

Dec 28, 2020 by

12 Foods to Boost Brain Function

Our brains use around 20% of our body’s calories but require specific nutrients to stay healthy. These include things like omega-3 fatty acids, which build and repair brain cells, as well as antioxidants, which reduce inflammation and cellular stress....

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Framework to study brain connectivity in living organisms

Dec 22, 2020 by

Framework to study brain connectivity in living organisms

A paper published in Nature Scientific Reports indicates lays out a large medical analytics framework that can be used in neuroscience and neurology to study brain connectivity in living organisms....

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Learning a new language changes the brain’s division of labor...

Dec 17, 2020 by

Learning a new language changes the brain’s division of labor

Research published in JNeurosci indicates that learning a language later in life changes how the two halves of the brain contribute. As skills improve, language comprehension changes hemisphere specialization, but production does not....

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Anxiety associated with faster Alzheimer’s onset

Dec 15, 2020 by

Anxiety associated with faster Alzheimer’s onset

Research presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North American have found that anxiety is associated with an increased rate of progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease....

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Stress in pregnancy may influence baby’s brain development

Dec 10, 2020 by

Stress in pregnancy may influence baby’s brain development

A team from the University of Edinburgh found that infants’ brains may be shaped by levels of stress their mother experiences during pregnancy....

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Mid-life high blood pressure linked to increased brain damage later...

Dec 3, 2020 by

Mid-life high blood pressure linked to increased brain damage later

A new study published in European Heart Journal found a strong association between diastolic blood pressure (the blood pressure between heart beats) before age 50 and brain damage in later life (elderly). This is true even if the diastolic...

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Increasing sleep after trauma may help improve memory and learning...

Nov 19, 2020 by

Increasing sleep after trauma may help improve memory and learning

A new study from Washington State University has found that increasing the amount of time spent asleep immediately after a traumatic experience may easy any negative consequences. The research builds a case for sleep therapeutics following trauma—especially for military...

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