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- Memory
- Brain has three layers of working memory, study shows
- Human stem cells transformed into key neurons lost in Alzheimer"s
- Brain"s "reward" center also responds to bad experiences
- Learn to the rhythm: Nerve cells acting as metronomes are necessary for certain memory processes
- Tau-induced memory loss in Alzheimer’s mice is reversible; Study raises hopes for the development of effective therapies
- Mental retardation gene provides insights into brain formation
- Drivers engaging in a secondary task may pay more attention to the road, study suggests
- Eyewitness memory susceptible to misinformation after testing
- Memory problems may be sign of stroke risk
- Bad things seem even worse if people have to live through them again
- Moderate aerobic exercise in older adults shown to improve memory
- Natural growth factor enhances memory, prevents forgetting in rats
- Eyewitnesses are not as reliable as one might believe
- Learning science : Actively recalling information from memory beats elaborate study methods
- Neuroscientists explain "Proustian effect" of small details attached to big memories
- Emotional stress can change brain function
- Child abuse interview guidelines: Multiple interviews help victims recall details, study suggests
- Fewer synapses, more efficient learning: Molecular glue wires the brain
- Brain"s inherent ability to focus learning discovered
- How taking an active role in learning enhances memory
- Dementia may result from incomplete memories
- Perception
- A good sense of smell is more a product of training than good genes
- Optical illusions show vision in a new light
- Web-crawling the brain: 3-D nanoscale model of neural circuit created
- "Love song" of the fly shows how nervous system initiates, controls and utilized behavior
- Abnormal neural activity recorded from the deep brain of Parkinson"s disease and dystonia patients
- How do we combine faces and voices?
- Reading in two colors at the same time: Patterns of synesthesia brain activity revealed
- Tobacco smoking impacts teens" brains, study shows
- Popular psychology theories on self-esteem not backed up by serious research, study finds
- Staring contests are automatic: People lock eyes to establish dominance
- Mind over matter: EECoG may finally allow enduring control of a prosthetic or a paralyzed arm by thought alone
- What a rat can tell us about touch
- The real avatar: Swiss researchers use virtual reality and brain imaging to hunt for the science of the self
- JPEG for the mind: How the brain compresses visual information
- Looking at a tough hill to climb? Depends on your point of view
- Crocodile tears don"t fool us all: Study gives behavioral clues to spot fabricated versus genuine displays of remorse
- Brief diversions vastly improve focus, researchers find
- Brain"s "radio stations" have much to tell scientists
- The brain knows what the nose smells, but how?
- Women subject to ifying gazes show decreased math ability
- Expectations speed up conscious perception
- Learn more quickly by transcranial magnetic brain stimulation, study in rats suggests
- Brain "GPS" illuminated in migratory monarch butterflies
- Neuroscience
- Targeting way to stop brain tumor cell invasion
- For potentially crippling dystonia, earlier deep brain therapy gets better, quicker results
- New secret to how smells are detected uncovered
- BrainGate neural interface system reaches 1,000-day performance milestone
- The evolution of brain wiring: Navigating to the neocortex
- Digital versus analog control over cortical inhibition in the brain
- Stem cells may show promise for people with rapidly progressing multiple sclerosis
- Masked fears: Are fears that are seemingly overcome only hidden?
- Sexual plant reproduction: Male and female parts "talk" in the same way as do cells in your brain
- Personlized dendritic cell vaccine increases survival in patients with deadly brain cancer
- Gene therapy reverses symptoms of Parkinson"s disease
- How clear is our view of brain activity?
- Memory
- Mental Health
- Addiction
- Links between asthma, smoking and nicotine dependence explored in new study
- When creating a new institute, the devil"s in the details, experts argue
- First identification of nicotine as main culprit in diabetes complications among smokers
- A safer, more effective morphine may soon be possible
- Elderly victims of abuse often use alcohol or drugs, study says
- Protein could be used to treat alcohol effects on pancreas
- Scientists crack molecular code regulating neuronal excitability
- Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy at increased risk of becoming smokers, mouse study suggests
- "Bilingual" neurons may reveal the secrets of brain disease
- Integrity of the brain"s reward system is linked to relapse following treatment
- An early age at first drink combined with stressful life events can lead to heavy drinking
- Medical and financial impact of drug-related poisonings treated in US emergency departments
- Study examines recurrent wound botulism in injection drug users
- Childhood physical abuse linked to peptic ulcers
- Figuring out fetal alcohol syndrome in fruit flies
- Reducing the toll of alcohol in Canada
- Women involved in leisure activities drink less alcohol, Swedish study finds
- Ritalin may ease early iron deficiency damage
- Smoking
- Text messaging may help smokers break the habit: Studies demonstrate brain activity link and use a new technology to monitor smoking
- Certain parts of the brain activated in people who heard tailored health messages and quit smoking
- Key role proposed for pediatricians in curbing tobacco use
- Electronic cigarettes hold promise as aid to quitting, study finds
- Resolved to quit smoking? Brain scans predict likely success
- Key mechanism governing nicotine addiction discovered
- Smoking habits are transmitted from mother to daughter and father to son, study suggests
- Watching others smoke makes smokers plan to light up
- Addiction