Researchers from Cambridge University believe they have found an area of the brain, the paracingulate sulcus or PCS, that could be the variation that would account for real or imagined memories. The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, found that people with a larger PCS were better at distinguishing between real and imagined memories. [...]
There are several foods classified as brain foods that enhance your brain performance. They increase the blood flow to the brain and provide nutritional value. On the other side of the spectrum, there are foods that have a negative effect on your brain. Bad food provides little to no nutritional value, and decrease, if not [...]
Older type-2 diabetes patients are at greater risk of cognitive impairment than their non-diabetic counterparts. They also are at a higher risk of brain atrophy, so control of the insulin levels is key to normal brain performance, and reduced levels of insulin could contribute to dementia progression, including Alzheimer’s disease. The ACCORD trial, after 40 [...]
Is it possible that a single pill taken daily can boost your memory? According to a study conducted at the University of Paris XIII in France, over time a higher intake of vitamins and minerals in your system could boost your memory power. In 1994, researchers split 4,500 French men and women, ages 45-60, randomly [...]
Is it possible that a child born to an older father will have a lower IQ than a child born to an older mother? According to an Australian study, that may just be the case. "In general, you would predict that the offspring of older parents would do better, because the parents tend to have [...]
In the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) ever conducted on Alzheimer’s, researchers from around the world studied and shared information from the DNA samples of more than 56,000 participants. They analyzed the data to detect gene variations that could produce subtle effects on the developing, or risk for developing, Alzheimer’s. Results of the study were [...]
Have you ever known someone who loved to tell stories, and each time they tell the same story it gets grander? Take for example the movie, Big Fish, with Albert Finney and Ewan McGregor, where a very personable man told all sorts of tall tales, and although those around him enjoyed the stories they didn’t [...]
We judge things to be true based on how often we hear them. We like familiarity, and repeating a lie often enough makes it familiar to us - the repetition making it fall right in with all of the things our memory tells us are true about the world. Politicians and advertisers are aware of [...]
A study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology of more than 33,000 Swedish women over the course of 10 years, found that those who ate the most chocolate had the lowest chance of stroke. WOMEN who eat a bar of chocolate a week could reduce their risk of stroke by 20%. [...]
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