Fine Tune Your Brain by Practicing the Piano
Scientists have known for a long time that playing a musical instrument strengthens memory and other areas of…
Gene To Increase Brainpower Found
An amazing discovery, conducted by researchers at MIT and published in the journal Nature indicates a gene has…
Those Elusive IQ Genes
For years researchers have been hunting for that elusive gene, or group of genes, that make up your…
Variation in PCS May Explain Memory Ability
In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from Cambridge University tested 53 volunteers and noticed…
Common Causes of Dementia
What causes Dementia? What causes Alzheimer’s? Dementia refers to a disease in which the nerve cells in the…
Making Decisions Can Tax Your Brain
Every day we are confronted with decisions — what to wear; if we should hire that person; is…
Older Brains Have Problems Multi-Tasking
As young people our brains are able to switch from one mental activity to another. As we get…
Brain Pacemakers for Treatment of Alzheimer’s
Most of us have heard about pacemakers being implanted in coronary patients to regulate their heart’s rhythm, but…
“Rich Club” Is The Brain’s Social Network
How is it possible that someone like Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords can get shot directly in the head and…
Memory’s Family Tree
Who was your English teacher in 12th grade? Who is buried in Grant’s Tomb? How do you ride…
New Pathway Discovered For Memory
According to a study published in October 2011 in Science, a new brain pathway that allows our brain…
Memory Could Be Stimulated By Electrical Impulses
According to a September 21st (2011) article in the Journal of Neuroscience, stimulating a specific region of the…