MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 — Everyone needs sleep, but too little or too much of it might contribute to declines in thinking, a new study
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A genetic predisposition to late-onset Alzheimer’s disease affects how the brains of young adults cope with certain memory tasks. Researchers from the German Center for
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The neocortex, the largest part of our brain, enables us to speak, dream and think. During human evolution, the size of the neocortex has increased
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Muscle weakness permeates through one side of your body and your speech slurs. It’s a stroke. And you need to be rushed to the emergency
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Individuals who suffer trauma in child- and adulthood may experience a greater amount of cognitive decline as they age than individuals who haven’t experienced trauma,
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Brain tumors are typically diagnosed using MRI imaging, as taking a sample for a tissue biopsy is risky and may not be possible due to
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The thalamus is a “Grand Central Station” for sensory information coming to our brains. Almost every sight, sound, taste and touch we perceive travels to
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Even healthy brains become less efficient as they age, but they do so at different rates for different tasks in different people. Understanding what contributes
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July 21, 2020—Patients with Alzheimer’s disease frequently suffer from spatial memory loss, such as no recognition of where they are, and forgetting where they put
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Stimulating the fingertip rhythmically for a sustained period of time markedly improves touch sensitivity. A research team led by Associate Professor Dr. Hubert Dinse at
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