LearningRx.org - Part 21

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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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Study says body clock rhythms, not sleep, dispose of brain’s toxic waste...

Sep 24, 2020 by Wendy Burt

Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center recently conducted tests on mice to study their bodies’ circadian rhythms. They found that this system governs the glymphatic system—nerve cells that serve as the waste disposal system in the brain....

Common drugs linked to increased Alzheimer’s risk

Sep 22, 2020 by Wendy Burt

A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego found a link between anticholinergics and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Anticholinergic drugs are prescribed for a range of conditions, including depression, seasonal allergies, incontinence and chronic obstructive pulmonary...

Keto Diet May Reduce Alzheimer’s

Sep 18, 2020 by Wendy Burt

Scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine found a distinctive gut bacterial “signature” in the people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The found that a modified Mediterranean-style keto diet changed the bacterial communities in the volunteers’ guts and reduced...

Young children would rather explore than get rewards

Sep 15, 2020 by Wendy Burt

Given the choice, young children will pass up rewards they know they can collect in order to explore other options. The research, which was done on 4- to 5-year-old children, found that children continued to explore options besides high-value...

Higher BMI linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s

Sep 10, 2020 by Wendy Burt

A new brain imaging study that was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease shows that body weight has a surprising and alarming impact on brain function....

Prenatal depression can alter child’s brain connectivity

Sep 8, 2020 by Wendy Burt

Research published in JNeurosci indicates that prenatal depression can alter the baby’s brain connectivity and later, affect behavior....

Aging memories may not be worse, just different

Sep 3, 2020 by Wendy Burt

The results of study published in the journal Nature Communications has found that aging memories may not be worse, just different, in terms of how people process the boundaries of events and episodic memory....