Older people with the 'Alzheimer's gene' find it harder to 'remember to remember' even if healthy
...icipants were asked to remember to write a certain word when they saw a target word, the carriers showed s... they failed to remember to write down the desired word when they were supposed to in other words, they forgot to do what they meant to do, when they meant...Thinking of prepositions turns brain 'on' in different ways
...d. - Parts of the human brain think about the same word differently, at least when it comes to preposition...ne might think that if a person's knowledge of the word 'at' to describe location is impaired, then his or her ability to use that same preposition to descr...Study reports women don't experience undue pain, anxiety during mammography screening
...m. In the meantime, she adds, they hope to get the word out about the results of this study. "Perhaps if women learned that. .routine screening mammography is associated with very low levels of anxiety and pain, their fear may subside enough to comply with screening guidelines," the authors write. Adds Do...Effects of autism reach beyond language, new research suggests
...en a list of three words and asked to think of one word that, when combined with each of the three given w... worse on the memory test, but had improved on the word and shape tests. "There was a clear relationship between cognitive function and stress levels," Beve...Why North America is not a rhythm nation
... Infants are more flexible in processing different word sounds and speech patterns from a variety of speakers, but it isn't long before they settle on those that are most common and meaningful to their culture.) The new findings are reported in "Metrical Categories in Infancy and Adulthood" an article in ...When the brain, not the ears, goes hard of hearing
...istener's ability to hear the first consonant of a word cat, hat, bat, fat, and rat may sound remarkably similar, for instance. While most people gradually lose the ability to hear high frequencies as they age, the feedback and timing problems account for many of their complaints about hearing, Frisina ...Study shows faces are processed like words
...letter. To the left of the dot was a three-letter word in which the letter to the right was in the middle...ification was involved, the letters comprising the word to the left of the dot were spread out. When faces were involved, the facial features similarly wer...Northwestern Memorial physicians encourage screenings during colon cancer awareness month
...reatment. However, Dr. Stryker wants to spread the word that colorectal cancer surgery hardly ever requires a permanent colostomy as in years past. "Our goal is to always preserve normal function as well as to perform a potentially life-saving surgery," says Dr. Stryker. "Without proper education as to st...AACC and The Endocrine Society partner to promote patient education
... and will encourage its members to help spread the word about AACC's award-winning patient education web site. The Endocrine Society, the world's oldest, largest, and most active organization in the field of endocrinology, is the first organization to join the site's new Endorser program, which AACC laun...Can you read my mind? W.M. Keck Foundation funds innovative brain research at Carnegie Mellon
...kes predictions about the subprocesses involved in word and sentence comprehension. They also will demonstrate how reading different words and sentences will produce variations in brain activity and how dysfunctions in specific brain regions influence the function of the entire brain system. In addition...