Index for 2002
November 2002
Compensating strategies for aging memories
Rat studies provide more evidence on why aging can impair memory
Pre-term infants' slowness in processing information still evident at 12 months
Imaging confirms people knowledge processed differently
Excitement helps memory for unrelated events
Imaging confirms role of frontal lobes in planning
Infants don't encode long-term memories until second year
October 2002
Talking may help seniors guard against memory decline
Women better at recognizing female but not male faces
Another link between music and language
Different aspects of attention located in different parts of the brain
Brain anticipates events to learn routines
September 2002
Right side of brain learns language skills after stroke
Treatable depression often accompanies mild memory loss
August 2002
No support for ginkgo as a memory enhancer
Sunflower seeds helpful in reducing hypertension and associated cognitive impairment
An enzyme that helps us to forget
Recognizing yourself is different from recognizing other people
How emotions interfere with staying focused
Identity memory area localised
Alcoholics' cognitive impairment associated with impaired reaction to stress
Motor skill training may help children with fetal alcohol exposure
July 2002
Napping reverses information overload
Improving motor skills through sleep
Antioxidant-rich diets improve age-related cognitive decline in rats
Cognitive impairment following bypass surgery may last longer than thought
Why women better remember emotional memories
June 2002
More grey matter in the auditory cortex of musicians' brains
New research into motor skills distinguishes between learning and performance
Childhood "amnesia" linked to vocabulary
May 2002
Brain region involved in recalling memories from smell identified
Cerebellum implicated in remembering emotions
Children's brains process words differently
Estrogen may dictate the problem-solving strategy chosen
Babies' experience with faces leads to narrowing of perception
Memories may be hard to find when thalamus fails to synchronize rhythms
Scenes in natural color remembered better than black and white
April 2002
Ginkgo biloba may slow cognitive decline in patients with mild multiple sclerosis
Cognitive development affected in babies exposed prenatally to cocaine
Changes in the brain during adolescence
Older men with higher testosterone levels performed better on cognitive tests
Fear-conditioning study demonstrates long-suspected link between longterm potentiation and learning
March 2002
Mood needs to be matched to cognitive task for best performance
Fruit flies might help us discover how the brain knows which brain connections to strengthen
The clearing away of excess glutamate may be important for long-term memory
Identification of key brain protein for long-term memory
February 2002
Training can improve age-related memory decline in elderly
Cocaine may permanently damage learning abilities in developing fetuses
Dietary supplements improve old rats' memory and energy levels
Fever immediately after heart bypass surgery associated with cognitive decline
New neurons in adult brains are functional
Human frontal cortex not proportionately larger compared to great apes
Living in large groups could give you a better memory
January 2002
Coffee helps you retain mental sharpness later in the day
Hormone replacement therapy may have cognitive benefits for older women
Individual neurons respond to different aspects of memory
After serious head injury, survivors may still be able to learn without awareness
Study finds there's a critical time for learning all languages, including sign language
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