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Neuroscientists reverse memory loss

Apr 20, 2013 by

It’s not just how you train your brain, but also when. At the Univ. of Texas, neuroscientists actually REVERSED memory loss! They figured out when the cells were primed for learning, then retrained them. The study’s co-author figured out...

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Push to get insurance to cover brain scans for dementia

Jan 28, 2013 by

Some advocates and doctors are pushing to get insurance to cover brain scans for people with dementia to help diagnose or rule out Alzheimer’s. PET scans detect plaque, which is the hallmark of the disease. Right now, PET imaging...

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Can a brain training headband sharpen your brain?

Jan 11, 2013 by

A new brain training headband is geared to help people control their thoughts and emotions by monitoring your brainwaves and sending them to your smartphone. The goal is to sharpen your brain, improve focus and decrease stress....

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MRIs show the brain radically restructures during coma

Dec 6, 2012 by

The brain radically restructures in comatose (non-traumatized) patients. Using functional MRIs, they found that while the “overall cerebral connectivity” remains, some regions are less connected than in non-comatose patients. In addition, the normally less densely connected regions (in non-comatose...

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One drink increases the activity of the brain’s connections at rest...

Nov 2, 2012 by

You know drinking too much kills brain cells, but new research shows that one drink can actually increase the activity of the brain’s functional connections when at rest....

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Research shows adult brain can learn like young brain

Sep 26, 2012 by

According to Alex Schelgel, a brain researcher and author of a new paper in the Aug. 2012 issue of Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, the adult brain can learn new things just like younger brains. Schelgel studied the brains of...

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