In their study published in Nature Communications, researchers identified an unusual type of brain cell they named “ovoid ...

A study at Lund University reveals that traumatic brain injury alters the small vessels in the brain, resulting in an accumulation of amyloid beta—a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The findings ...

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I teach a course on the relationship between social media and society at Durham College. As part of their assessments, I ask ...

II-73, has the potential to restore memory and cognitive function in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. The study demonstrates that the drug improves memory deficits and reverses brain cell damage, ...

Over the past few years, bank and building society branches have been disappearing from our high streets at a frightening pace. Banks say that this has been driven by a rapid increase in online and ...

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The brain is also able to process memories in different ways. Most scientists agree there are 4 different types of memory: working memory sensory memory short-term memory long-term memory ...

Those tests measured their working memory, how they used emotion and rewards in their thinking, and how the brain responded to language. In addition, researchers tested how the brain handled motor ...