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Memory
Mediterranean Diet Improves Memory, But Not In Diabetics
The largest study to date on the effects of eating omega-3 fatty acids confirm that foods high in the fats can preserve memory and cognitive functions only in people without diabetes.
Want to Hold On to a Memory? Make a Fist
Getting a grip — literally — by clenching your right fist before remembering information and your left when you want to remember it can boost your recall, according to the latest study.
Brain Exercises Better than Drugs in Preventing Cognitive Decline
With an aging population, rates of dementia will only climb, yet doctors have few effective strategies for addressing the worst symptoms.
A New Way to Curb Drinking? Planting False (Bad) Memories of a Bender
Researchers are exploring the possibility that convincing drinkers they had a bad experience with liquor — even if they didn’t — could lead them to drink less.
Heart Disease Test May Predict Dementia Better than Cognitive Tests
They may not seem to share much in common, but similar mechanisms could be driving the two conditions.
Two Studies Find Promising New Ways to Detect Alzheimer’s Earlier
Sleep patterns and markers in spinal fluid may hint at the first signs of the neurodegenerative disorder.
Bees’ Needs: Caffeine to Improve Memory
It turns out humans aren’t the only ones getting a buzz from coffee.
Can’t Do Math? How the Brain Makes Tradeoffs in Favoring Some Skills Over Others
Enhancing one area of the brain means activity in others may suffer.
How Facebook Improves Memory
Checking status updates on Facebook may be just the distraction your memory needs.
Finding the Link Between Sleep and Senior Moments
It’s no secret that our ability to remember things dulls as we get older. Now researchers have some clues about why that happens.
Why You’re More Likely to Remember A Facebook Status Than a Face
Our online musings may not be so ephemeral after all
Loneliness, Not Living Alone, Linked to Dementia
Yes, there is a difference. Why one is more likely to trigger serious memory problems.
