LearningRx.org - Part 10

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Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research Opens...

Posted by @dminiStr on Aug 1, 2014

Traumatic Brain Injury: Damaged Neural Connections Can Be Rewired...

Posted by @dminiStr on Jun 17, 2013

Look who's talking about brain training. The New York Times. Read more.

“The Brain Trainers” (New York Times feature article)...

Posted by Wendy Burt on Nov 4, 2012

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Reduced cholesterol breakdown may accelerate dementia in men

Jul 27, 2021 by Wendy Burt

Researchers at the National Institute on Aging found a link between low serum levels of oxysterols and he progression of dementia in men, but not women. The study was published in the journal PLOS Medicine....

Cognitive flexibility key to learning and creativity

Jul 22, 2021 by Wendy Burt

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have found that cognitive flexibility appears to make people smarter in ways that aren’t always captured on IQ tests. Even in children, cognitive flexibility appears to improve reading abilities and school performance....

Therapy dogs enhance college students’ thinking skills

Jul 20, 2021 by Wendy Burt

A new piece of research from Washington State University has found that programs focused on petting therapy dogs increased the thinking and planning skills of stressed-out college students better than programs that included traditional stress-management information....

Summer catch-up programs need to focus on teens’ wellbeing, not just academics...

Jul 15, 2021 by Wendy Burt

New research published in the Journal of Affective Disorders indicates that it’s just as important that summer programs be focused on helping teens ages 11-6 with loneliness, social contact, parental relationships and mental health as academic progress...

Non-invasive potential treatment for Alzheimer’s

Jul 13, 2021 by Wendy Burt

Research on mice at Queensland Brain Institute’s Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research showed that low-intensity ultrasound effectively restored cognition without opening the blood-brain barrier....

AI to track cognitive deviation in aging brains

Jul 8, 2021 by Wendy Burt

A new development published in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence includes a breakthrough from artificial intelligence-based brain age prediction model that quantifies deviations from a healthy brain-aging trajectory in people with mild cognitive impairment. The model may help with early detection...

Saturated fatty acids increase when making memories

Jul 6, 2021 by Wendy Burt

Researchers at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute have discovered that saturated fatty acid levels unexpectedly rise in the brain during memory formation. Typically, in a kitchen setting, saturated fats, like coconut oil and butter, stay solid at room temperature. In...