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Facebook may boost your brain’s working memory
London, Sep 7 (ANI): Some social networking sites, like Facebook, could help improve a person’s working memory, according to an expert.
Dr. Tracy Alloway, a psychologist at Stirling University, says that working memory – the ability to recall things over a short period of time – could be the key to success.
She believes that it [...]
Fish oil supplements can cut memory loss in the elderly
London, July 13 (ANI): A study carried out by American bioscience company Martek suggests that taking fish oil supplements can reduce memory loss in old age.
Dr Karin Yurko-Mauro, a researcher associated with the company, has revealed that taking a supplement of omega 3 for six months had a beneficial effect on people with age-related [...]
Novel tool to predict Alzheimer’s risk in elderly developed
Washington, May 14 (ANI): Researchers from University of California, San Francisco have developed a new tool that may help predict whether people age 65 and older have a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
They have developed a new risk index that could be very important in determining Alzheimer’s risk in elderly.
“It could be used to [...]
DREAM gene regulates pain, learning and memory
Washington, Jan 16 (ANI): A gene called DREAM, earlier known to regulate the perception of pain, has now been found to control learning and memory as well.
In a 2002 study on mice, scientists found that DREAM controlled all kinds of pain, whether chronic or acute and thus it was dubbed as the “Master-Gene of pain [...]
Hormone replacement therapy ’shrinks’ brain
Washington, Jan 13 (ANI): Hormone replacement therapy may lead to brain shrinkage in postmenopausal women, say researchers.
The study showed that volumes of brain lesions were not significantly increased among women prescribed hormone therapy, but that the total olumes of brain tissue in regions critical to memory were slightly smaller.
The research team found that women who [...]
