Using an experimental mouse model for malaria, scientists have discovered that adding antioxidant therapy to traditional antimalarial treatment may prevent long-lasting cognitive impairment in cerebral malaria.
Depressed People Have Trouble Learning 'Good Things In Life' While depression is often linked to negative thoughts and emotions, a new study suggests the real problem may be a failure to appreciate positive experiences. Researchers found that depressed and non-depressed people were about equal in their ability to learn negative information that was presented to them.
Visual illusion could help prevent falls Visual illusions are not only fun, they also help show how the brain works by exploiting its shortcomings. But what about using visual illusions for practical benefit? By making a step look taller than it really is, David Elliott and colleagues have demonstrated a way of doing just that.Trips on steps are nasty for anyone, but for the elderly they can be fatal. Two thousand elderly people die in
Army reaches out to families to prevent suicides March 12, 2009 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Fort Campbell officials struggling to stem a recent increase in military suicides hope family members will be able to spot signs that soldiers may be depressed and hesitant to seek help from the Army.
Reward Elicits Unconscious Learning In Humans A new study challenges the prevailing assumption that you must pay attention to something in order to learn it. The research demonstrates that stimulus-reward pairing can elicit visual learning in adults, even without awareness of the stimulus presentation or reward contingencies.
Vaccine may reduce infection in unborn babies preventing cognitive impairment The New England Journal of Medicine just published a placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind study of a vaccine (recombinant CMV envelope glycoprotein B with MF59 adjuvant) in the prevention of maternal infection with with cytomegalovirus (CMV) during pregnancy.Infection with CMV is major cause of auditory and cognitive impairment in newborns. CMV is actually very common, but when acquired .
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