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A certain frequency of sound can alter your brain. And maybe fight Alzheimer’s?

15 March 2019 grant 0

MIT News has the (low-pitched) buzz on how listening to 40 Hz sounds have cured mice of Alzheimer’s symptoms by changing their brainwaves:

This noninvasive treatment, which works

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Brain implant decodes the words your ears are hearing – or that you want to say.

30 January 2019 grant 0

New Scientist reveals an experimental system that uses brain electrodes to translate thoughts of speech into words spoken by an electronic voice:

The technique used temporary electrodes

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Alzheimer’s can be transmitted person-to-person. (Surgically, that is.)

15 December 2018 grant 0

Nature discusses how the proteins that cause havoc in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients can be transmitted from person to person:

They stress that their research does not suggest

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Seattle schools prove later waking makes students more productive.

12 December 2018 grant 0

NPR reports on a year-long, city-wide study that proved one of those obvious things that for some reason we never act on: Teenagers do a heck of a lot better if you just let them stay up late and… Read the rest “Seattle schools prove later waking makes students more productive.”

Exercise might be the next Alzheimer’s therapy (or might lead to it).

17 October 2018 grant 0

Scientific American reveals how a new look at exercise’s effects in the brain might show the way to a one-two punch against Alzheimer’s disease:

Exercise has been shown to

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Studying the seat of parrot intelligence

5 July 2018 grant 0

Science Daily looks at a University of Alberta study that has found something interesting about how intelligence forms in our brains – by isolating a different part of parrot brains… Read the rest “Studying the seat of parrot intelligence”

A blood test for autism passes second trial

5 July 2018 grant 0

Science Daily reports on Rensselaer Polytechnic researchers who have had further success in devising a blood-test that assesses whether children are on the autism spectrum:

Results

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About those sonic weapon attacks on American embassies….

11 June 2018 grant 0

Science News tries to get to the bottom of the weird symptoms that American diplomatic workers experienced in China and Cuba recently… and can’t. A team writing in JAMA found… Read the rest “About those sonic weapon attacks on American embassies….”

Scanner helmet lets brain patients move around. (And look like warriors from Krull.)

29 March 2018 grant 0

The Guardian has a game-changing invention for neurologists and anyone who needs a brain-scan done – a wearable helmet that lets you walk around – and turn your head –… Read the rest “Scanner helmet lets brain patients move around. (And look like warriors from Krull.)”

Putting brains in rhythm to boost memory (and all sorts of other stuff)

1 March 2018 grant 0

Nature gets into the groove with a piece on oscillations – the natural flickering rhythm of brainwaves, and how flashing lights and electric zaps can change the brain’s rhythms… Read the rest “Putting brains in rhythm to boost memory (and all sorts of other stuff)”

Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s (in mice).

19 February 2018 grant 0

Science Daily reports on Rockefeller University researchers who have undone the damage of Alzheimer’s Disease in mice by gradually depleting levels of a particular brain enzyme:… Read the rest “Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s (in mice).”

Dim lights might make us less bright.

14 February 2018 grant 0

Science Daily turns the lights up on Michigan State University neurological research showing sitting in a darkened room can hurt the brain’s ability to remember and learn:

The researchers

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Mystery DNA has something to do with our brains.

22 January 2018 grant 0

Scientific American brings us a baby step closer to understanding what a bunch of strange DNA – stuff that doesn’t directly shape our cells – shared by all vertebrates… Read the rest “Mystery DNA has something to do with our brains.”

Electrical brain stimulation can boost your memory. For a day.

29 December 2017 grant 0

Science News has more on how a zap of electric current, placed just so, can increase your ability to make and maintain new memories:

The findings are the first example of electrical brain

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Your brain’s mapmaker never, ever sleeps.

12 October 2017 grant 0

Science News reports on studies that find the parts of your brain in charge of navigation never rests, even when you’re asleep:

Nestled in a part of the brain called the medial entorhinal

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