Neuroscience News
Exercise May Reduce Brain Inflammation, Reducing the Risk of Alzheimer’s
4 min read · 2021-11-28 · Physical activity appears to reduce microglial activation and improve cognition in the aging human brain, researchers report.
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The New York Times
How Staying Physically Active May Protect the Aging Brain
5 min read · 2021-12-01 · Simple activities like walking boost immune cells in the brain that may help to keep memory sharp and even ward off Alzheimer’s disease.
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The New Yorker
The Science of Mind Reading
6 min read · 2021-11-29 · Researchers are pursuing age-old questions about the nature of thoughts—and learning how to read them.
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The Guardian
Covid-19 virus does not infect human brain cells, study suggests
3 min read · 2021-11-03 · Exclusive: study raises hopes that Covid-related damage to sense of smell may be more superficial than previously feared
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medicalxpress.com
Has a treatment for Alzheimer's been sitting on pharmacy shelves for decades? Scientists have two possible candidates
4 min read · 2021-11-02 · Two drugs approved decades ago not only counteract brain damage caused by Alzheimer's disease in animal models, the same therapeutic combination may also improve cognition.
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Stanford University
Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective in controlled study
3 min read · 2021-10-30 · In a double-blind controlled study, high doses of magnetic brain stimulation, given on an accelerated timeline and individually targeted, caused remission in 79% of trial participants with severe…
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San Francisco Chronicle
How COVID affects the brain: Bay Area doctors hunt for answers
4 min read · 2021-10-10 · In one of the hottest areas of coronavirus research, scientists want to unlock the...
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Men's Journal
The Blind Man Who Taught Himself to See
20+ min read · From 2020 · Click. Click. To Daniel Kish, that’s the sound of sight. He was born with retinoblastoma, and doctors had to remove his eyes to save him. As a child, Kish started clicking his tongue to navigate the world. Many blind people spontaneously start using echolocation – snapping, clapping, clicking their tongues – in childhood, but their parents, doctors and teachers generally put a stop to it because they fear the social stigma its strangeness elicits. Kish wants to change that.
NPR
New brain maps could help the search for Alzheimer's treatments
4 min read · 2021-10-06 · Scientists have created detailed maps of the brain area that controls movement in mice, monkeys and people. The maps could help explain human ailments like Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease.
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The New York Times
A ‘Pacemaker for the Brain’: No Treatment Helped Her Depression — Until This
9 min read · 2021-10-04 · It’s the first study of individualized brain stimulation to treat severe depression. Sarah’s case raises the possibility the method may help people who don’t respond to other therapies.
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The Conversation
Even mild COVID-19 can shrink the brain, preliminary research finds
5 min read · 2021-09-24 · It resembles brain changes seen in older adults.
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Salon
Why is walking so good for the brain? Blame on the "spontaneous fluctuations"
4 min read · 2021-08-28 · Going on a walk makes your mind wander in ways that neuroscience is only just coming to terms with
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VICE
People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia
9 min read · 2020-12-03 · The possible explanations could help us better understand the condition.
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nature
COVID and the brain: researchers zero in on how damage occurs
5 min read · 2021-07-07 · Growing evidence suggests that the coronavirus causes ‘brain fog’ and other neurological symptoms through multiple mechanisms.
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NPR
To Remember The Moment, Try Taking Fewer Photos
5 min read · 2021-08-05 · Research shows that snapping too many pictures may harm your ability to retain memories. But selfie addicts, don't despair! There are techniques to make photography enhance memory, not undermine it.
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Tricycle Magazine
Inside the First-Ever Scientific Study of Post-Mortem Meditation
6 min read · 2021-07-28
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