Index for 2007
December 2007
Labeling facilitates categorization
Songbirds offer clues to highly practiced motor skills in humans
Early lead exposure impedes later recovery from brain injury
Young chimps top adult humans in numerical memory
Fragile X retardation syndrome corrected in mice
High blood pressure associated with risk for mild cognitive impairment
Brain systems become less coordinated with age, even in the absence of disease
Cognitive therapy useful in treating post-traumatic stress disorder in early stages
Some brain injuries may reduce the likelihood of PTSD
Brain-injured war veterans show a faster decline in cognitive functioning as they age
Orphaned children fare better in foster care than in institutions
Neural substrate of congenital amusia
November 2007
Long-term beta carotene supplementation may help prevent cognitive decline
Relationship between statins and cognitive decline more complex than thought
Not enough 'good' cholesterol makes it harder to recover from stroke
Children with gene show reduced cognitive function
Early math skills best predict school success
Gesturing helps grade-schoolers solve math problems
Gene governs IQ boost from breastfeeding
Nicotine may enhance attention and working memory in recovering alcoholics
Club drugs inflict damage similar to traumatic brain injury
Brain protein that's a personal trainer for your memory
October 2007
10 minutes of talking has a mental payoff
Depression increases risk of executive dysfunction in older people
Cognitive deficits among cancer patients insufficiently recognized problem
Epilepsy-induced brain cell damage prevented
Successful treatment for chronic TBI in rat study
Imaging shows structural changes in mild traumatic brain injury
Stem cells improved memory in mice after brain injury
Mouse study points to new therapy for Fragile X sufferers
Effectiveness of most PTSD therapies is uncertain
Brain waves distinguish false memories from true
Brain activity distinguishes false from true recollection
Genes implicated in learning attitude
Adult neurogenesis confirmed in primates
September 2007
Insufficient sleep in early childhood associated with developmental delay
Right breakfast bread keeps blood sugar in check all day
Eye movement can affect problem-solving
Possible genetic risk for fetal alcohol disorders
Fundamental defect in fragile X syndrome identified and corrected
Memory tasks require more coordinated brain blood flow for people with high blood pressure
Combined hormone therapy doesn't boost memory
Obesity in old age not associated with memory problems
Playing video games reduces sex differences in spatial skills
Brain network related to intelligence identified
Having right timing 'connections' in brain is key to overcoming dyslexia
Why music training helps language
August 2007
Cramming doesn't work in the long term
How to benefit from memory training
Age differences in cognitive benefits of exercise and mental stimulation
Aging adults have choices when confronting perceived mental declines
Brain network associated with cognitive reserve identified
Caffeine may protect memory in older women
Removing ovaries before menopause increases risk of cognitive impairment
Maturity brings richer memories
Why do children experience a vocabulary explosion at 18 months of age?
Baby DVDs may hinder, not help, infants' language development
Autism non-verbal not unintelligent
Gene predicts better outcome as cortex normalizes in teens with ADHD
July 2007
Testing one time is not enough
Difficulty identifying odors may predict cognitive decline
Memory problems and sleep disturbance linked in older women
Reading ability protects brain from lead exposure
More on how short-term memory works
A Gene to Better Remember Traumatic Events
You can forget the unhappy past
Work could lead to first drug for post-traumatic stress disorder
Study links manic depression with brain tissue loss
Anatomical advantage for second language learners
June 2007
Distress-prone people more likely to develop memory problems
Improved attention with mindfulness training
Brain scans show how meditation affects the brain
Blind people are 'serial memory' whizzes
Being treated as oldest linked to IQ
Combining brain scans and behavioral tests aids early identification of at-risk readers
Discriminating fact from fiction in recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse
Narcolepsy drug alleviates post-chemotherapy fogginess
For cognitive benefits of estrogen, timing is everything
Low doses of ecstasy associated with decline in verbal memory
Smoking interferes with thinking and memory in recovering alcoholics
Brain's voluntary chain-of-command ruled by not 1 but 2 captains
May 2007
Natural compound and exercise boost memory in mice
Sleep deprivation affects attention and visual short-term memory
Sleep deprivation can threaten competent decision-making
Meditation may improve attentional control
A first glimpse at healthy brain and behavioral development
Frequent TV viewing during adolescence linked with risk of attention and learning difficulties
Young children can add and subtract without arithmetic
Stereotype-induced math anxiety robs women's working memory
Female alcoholics can develop cognitive problems more rapidly than male alcoholics
Tight diabetes control does not impact cognitive ability in type 1 diabetes
Inflammatory system genes linked to cognitive decline after heart surgery
Adult neurogenesis more important for learning than thought
Fragile X syndrome -- A stimulating environment restores neuronal function in mice
Chronic pain can impair working memory
Bigger is smarter: brain size predicts intelligence in different species
Gene mutation linked to cognition is found only in humans
Green tea extract protects against HIV-associated dementia
Symptomatic Gulf War veterans show reduced brain volume
TMS improves neuronal function in mice
Drinking heavy amounts of alcohol shrinks your brain
April 2007
Sleep reinforces the temporal sequence in memory
Sleep protects against interference
Sleeping helps us put facts together
Does migraine protect your memory?
Seeing red worsens test performance
How lead exposure produces learning deficits
Low dose aspirin does not protect women against cognitive decline
Gender differences in the brain
Sex and prenatal hormones affect cognitive performance
Monkeys can reflect on their thoughts
Brain's speech site revisited and revised
How memory networks are formed
Mutation improves memory, may lead to memory-enhancing pill
March 2007
Executive function as important as IQ for math success
Right parietal lobe implicated in dyscalculia
Early music training 'tunes' auditory system
Prefrontal cortex loses neurons during adolescence
Antidepressants improve thinking after a stroke
Obesity surgery can lead to memory loss
Kids learn words best by working out meaning
Selective amnesia — How a traumatic memory can be wiped out
New research shows why too much memory may be a bad thing
Humans aren’t the only ones to think about what they know
February 2007
Vitamin B12, folate, and cognitive function
Students who believe intelligence can be developed perform better
Implicit stereotypes and gender identification may affect female math performance
Reducing the racial achievement gap
Highly accomplished people more prone to failure than others when under stress
African-American and poor children more affected by sleep problems
Size of brain areas does matter -- but bigger isn't necessarily better
Breaking fish advice during pregnancy may benefit babies
'Off-pump' CABG surgery appears to have no benefit on cognitive or cardiac outcomes at 5 years
Odor can help memory, in some circumstances
Eye movement tasks can be used to assess fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
A gene that influences intelligence
Common gene version optimizes thinking but carries a risk
January 2007
Folic acid supplementation may improve cognitive performance
Why learning a new language may make you forget your old one
Diabetes drug shows promise for preventing brain injury from radiation therapy
People at genetic risk for Alzheimer's age mentally just like noncarriers
High-normal uric acid linked with mild cognitive impairment in the elderly
Sleep deprivation affects neurogenesis
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