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Neuroscience

Blood vessel dysfunction in temporal lobes linked to mild cognitive impairment

Amit Malewar

Researchers suggest adding blood vessel health to dementia diagnostics.

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Science

Exactly why do people remember what they remember?

Ashwini Sakharkar

Rice researchers examine why people remember certain things and not others.

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Neuroscience

New study changes the way we understand memory

Pranjal Malewar

Brain stars hold our memories.

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Neuroscience

Study shows how individual brain cells respond to pronouns

Pranjal Malewar

This may help us unravel how we remember what we read.

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Science

Scientists store full human genome on everlasting memory crystal

Amit Malewar

The team hoped that the crystal could provide a blueprint to bring humanity back from extinction.

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Health

Study reveals intimate partner violence impairs women’s cognitive function

Pranjal Malewar

Working memory performance declined faster among women with a history of physical intimate partner violence.

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Health

Non-professional athletes show better brain health post-concussion

Dr. Prajakta Banik

New research from the University of Exeter shows that the impact of concussions in sports differs for non-professional players.

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Psychology

Why kids struggle with focus

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Children often struggle to focus on tasks because they explore too much, gathering extra information even when they know what they need.

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Health

Sleep prepares neurons for new memories

Dr. Prajakta Banik

During sleep, these neurons replay the same activity, helping to store memories in the brain's cortex, allows us to keep learning new things.

Researchers in Yang Lab at the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have made unexpected progress toward developing a new optical memory that can quickly and energy-efficiently store and access computational data. Illustration by Peter Allen
Technology

Researchers discover new material for optically-controlled magnetic memory

Amit Malewar

Progress toward developing a new optical memory that can quickly store and access computational data.

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Health

Impact of skipping breakfast on children’s life satisfaction

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A new study shows that regular breakfast is linked to higher life satisfaction. Children who often skip breakfast are less happy than those who...

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Technology

AI Outperforms Clinical Tests in Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Robust, interpretable AI marker aids early dementia prediction in clinical settings.

Social Science

The holiday season: A time warp experience

PLOS

Those excited for Christmas or Ramadan are more likely to feel they come quicker, study shows.

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Health

Understanding how the brain interprets other’s gazes

Dr. Prajakta Banik

ERP analysis and task impact on the perception timing of gaze direction.

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Health

New study explains how memories last a lifetime biologically

Dr. Prajakta Banik

KIBRA helps PKMζ maintain long-lasting memories.

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Neuroscience

Time cells are essential for complex learning

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Role of the medial entorhinal cortex in contextual interval timing learning.

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Health

Midlife memory issues linked to early depression

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Prolonged depression in youth linked to midlife cognitive decline, especially in black adults.

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Science

The social influences on pigeon flight routes: Study

PLOS

Pairing older and younger birds improves social proximity and flight paths across generations.

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Neuroscience

What makes a memory?

Pranjal Malewar

It may be related to how hard your brain had to work.

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Neuroscience

Learning difficulty gene directly affects memory, study finds

Pranjal Malewar

Reduced function of the gene in the brain results in loss of learning ability and memory.

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Neuroscience

Understanding cell coordination can offer clues on cognition

Amit Malewar

To understand cognition — and its dysfunction — neuroscientists must learn its rhythms.

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Health

Link between eye movement and facial recognition in autism?

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Autistic people keep visual processing strategy steady for face encoding and recognition.

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Health

Larger human brains offer a protective effect against dementia

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Intracranial and cerebral volume trends in Framingham Heart Study.

Health

Ketogenic diet shields early memory decline

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Keto diet and BHB reverse memory loss in Alzheimer's mice.

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Health

Protein in human sweat may guard against Lyme disease

Dr. Prajakta Banik

SCGB1D2 halts Borrelia burgdorferi growth and impacts Lyme disease risk.

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Health

Noninvasive chemobrain therapy

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Gamma entrainment alleviates chemo-induced cognitive decline.

Health

COVID-19 could cause long-term cognitive and memory impacts

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Cognitive and memory outcomes post COVID-19 within a large community cohort.

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Health

Poor quality deep sleep due to junk food

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Research shows junk food affects sleep patterns.

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Health

Improving sleep and life quality for memory-impaired without medication

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Using scheduled activities to help people with memory problems sleep better.

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Health

Fast antidepressants and positive neuropsychological effects

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Antidepressants swiftly alter emotional bias in rats, a new study shows.

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