As you walk, you make your way ... and your memory improves. Walking a minimum of 10 kilometers a week protects the brain mass and at the same time helps preserve memory in advanced ages, according to a study published in the journal Neurology.
Scientists at Emory University have shown that turning off a gene allows mice to become more "intelligent" by improving their ability to remember objects and move in mazes more quickly than mice with the gene turned on.
After evaluating the retentiveness of 4,500 Britons aged 49 to 90, a team of British scientists from the University of Cambridge recently demonstrated that women outperform men in the ability to retain information.
A team led by scientists from the United Kingdom has identified a key protein in learning and memory. The finding, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), has great relevance for the study of Alzheimer's disease.
From a strictly scientific point of view, the memory capacity of the human brain cannot be compared with that of a PC. Just think that we have about 100,000 million neurons, each of which establishes up to 50,000 contacts with its neighboring cells.
The best antidote to cognitive decline and memory loss is learning. According to a study by the University of California, if we cultivate the mental activity of an "eternal learner" our brain produces molecules that keep it young and healthy.
A new study from the California University of Berkeley (USA) reveals that 90 minutes of naps serve to clear the mind and improve learning ability. The findings support the hypothesis that sleep is absolutely necessary to clear short-term memory and "make room" for new information, and could help understand the memory problems that accompany aging.
A team of Australian and German neuroscientists has found a way to measure the level of attention of a tiny fruit fly. Their work, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, will help to better understand the problems of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism in humans.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
