Understanding the brains of high-IQ people
A research team at Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany have shown that intelligent people have key differences in brain activation patterns compared to less intelligent people....
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 moreTargeting an enzyme may reverse memory loss
New research indicates that it may be possible to not only prevent, but also reverse the memory loss that comes with Alzheimer’s using drugs that block the HDAC2 enzyme from breaking the communication between neurons. ...
read moreProtein in umbilical cord blood may restore the aging brain
Older mice that were injected with human umbilical cord blood had boosted brain function. A specific protein in the plasma may prove to be useful in drug development....
read moreLearningRx reviews study on brain plasticity
Brain plasticity: How adult-born neurons get wired in University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurobiology have found that adult-born neurons get “wired” into the brain because some of the cortical neurons transfer their connections from mature granule cells...
read moreLearningRx reviews study on observing fear and brain changes
Just observing fear changes brain connections A recent study has found that simply witnessing fear in someone who has experienced trauma can change our brain connections....
read moreLearningRx reviews study on talk therapy and brain connections...
Talk therapy strengthens connections in the brain to treat psychosis A team of researchers found that subjects who showed stronger connections in specific brain regions directly after receiving cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis had higher remission rates of psychosis...
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