Exercise improves learning and memory
...ken reflect long-term memory, or how well the mice recall the platform's location. Based on the swimming test, mice in the exercise group were better able to remember the platform's location compared to mice in the sedentary group. Next the researchers looked for changes in the number of nerve cells between...Signs of the ancient mariner: Scientists locate elements implicated in human genetic disorders
... disparate human diseases. So it may be apt nowto recall the words of Samuel Coleridge's ancient mariner: "And I had done a hellish thing/And it would work 'em woe."......wn pairs ofunrelated words and subsequently had to recall the second of each pair when cuedby the first word. The women on HRT scored just as well as they had before theiroperation. But the placebo group performed significantly worse, Sherwin told ameeting in London last week on the cognitive effects of oes...A Real Smart Asp: Snakes Show Surprising Ability To Learn
...es are readily taught to find the exits-- and then recall how to use cues to find them in successivetrials. Simply stumbling into a hole isn't the only proof that thesnakes are learning something, though. "Speed to find that goalis one of the measures which shows they're learning," Holtzmansays. "On av...Amnesia After Sex: More Than A Washington Phenomenon
... form of amnesia results in acomplete inability to recall what happened during the period of confusion. Aswith our patients, who could not recall the name of the current U.S. President,a presidential Valsalva maneuver during each of his recent es...Microchip Sensor Detects Bacteria
...olumbus, Neb., beef-processing plant was forced to recall 25 million pounds of hamburger when less than a speck of bacteria was detected. But now Cornell University researchers have merged the fields of nanofabrication and biology to produce a simple but effective means to detect harmful bacteria. ...New Research Suggests REM Is About Eyes Not Dreams
...he 1950s, research found that sleepers could often recall a dream ifthey were awakened when their eyes appeared to be darting around beneath theireyelids. From these findings evolved the popular theory that during this REMsleep the brain is processing information gathered while awake, "rather like astore c...Experts: Public Will Accept Irradiation In Wake Of Meat Recall
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Hudson Foods hamburger recall may be just what it takes to convince Americans th.... It also might have avoided the Hudson Foods recall of 25 million pounds of red meat, including hamburger patties, that may have been contaminated with ...