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New Atlas: How listening to nostalgic music could stave off dementia

Posted on February 20, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

https://32af5e0e1eba37f3bf81e2eca140f415.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-41/html/container.html Alzheimer’s & Dementia How listening to nostalgic music could stave off dementia By Rich Haridy February 19, 2025 Eight weeks of daily focused music-listening was found to improve connectivity in several brain regions Depositphotos View 1 Images In 2020 an … Continue reading →

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Tribute to pioneering cognitive neuroscientist Professor Eleanor Maguire. Comment so sad to read about the passing of Professor Eleanor Maguire. Ironically, when I had breast cancer 2017/18 and was writing a book about same and the impact of TBI, amnesia, loss of olfactory sense of smell, et al, I came across her work and it provided so many answers at the time, I wrote to her and she kindly replied with other links too. Below is the tribute from UCL. Quote: This is core to loss due to TBI in my case: “Eleanor substantiated her “Scene Construction Theory” with numerous studies that showed how the hippocampus constantly constructs spatially coherent scenes, automatically synthesising and anticipating representations of the world beyond what was immediately presented to the sensorium (the part of the brain that processes sensory information).This, she proposed, was what enables us to re-experience the past (memory) and imagine future events and places which is – of course – essential for navigation.

Posted on February 19, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

UCL NewsHome Tribute to pioneering cognitive neuroscientist Professor Eleanor Maguire 15 January 2025 UCL colleagues and alumni have paid tribute to the award-winning researcher, Professor Eleanor Maguire, whose groundbreaking studies into spatial awareness and memory, led to a deeper understanding … Continue reading →

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New Atlas: Use it or lose it: The human brain will be reshaped by AI. Comment: As a person with TBI, short-term memory problems, amnesia, spatial impact proved to be a real problem for me. I found an explanation thanks to this woman Professor Eleanor Maguire (Taxi drivers in London). See details below

Posted on February 19, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Eleanor Maguire, Memory Expert Who Studied London Cabbies, Dies at 54. “In 2000, the cognitive neuroscientist Eleanor Maguire published the study that would bring her worldwide fame. It showed that a brain region called the posterior hippocampus was larger in … Continue reading →

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New Atlas: Mental Health…This personality type thrives when life gives out lemons, science finds

Posted on February 11, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Mental Health This personality type thrives when life gives out lemons, science finds By Bronwyn Thompson February 09, 2025 Some people are better at making lemonade from life’s lemons Depositphotos View 1 Images How you cope in a crisis and then … Continue reading →

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New Atlas: US approves “milestone” Parkinson’s treatment for 2025 release

Posted on February 8, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Medical Devices US approves “milestone” Parkinson’s treatment for 2025 release By Bronwyn Thompson February 04, 2025 A new treatment to allow Parkinson’s patients to better control their symptoms will be available in the US in 2025 Depositphotos View 1 Images Americans … Continue reading →

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Big Think: Is AI eroding our critical thinking?

Posted on January 31, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Thinking — January 27, 2025 Is AI eroding our critical thinking? “Ultimately, the choice rests with each individual: whether to take the convenient route of allowing AI to handle our critical thinking, or to preserve this essential cognitive process for ourselves.” Key … Continue reading →

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“DEI” has fallen from grace and change has started from Day 1 of President Trump’s inauguration. However, does “DEI” include mental illness: This is a piece from October 5th, 2020, to enable people to take a position. This is at the time of the Covid-19 Pandemic which we now know has impacted children, young people and vulnerable people.

Posted on January 31, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

President Donald J. Trump Is Safeguarding Americans’ Mental Health and Preventing The Tragedy of Suicide  Healthcare  Issued on: October 5, 2020  All News Quote At a time when many Americans are experiencing increased stress, anxiety, and personal loss, we must also … Continue reading →

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How the Brain Processes Space and Time. Comment: TBI … a great explanation that is so difficult for a person to understand

Posted on January 29, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

How the Brain Processes Space and Time FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience ·January 27, 2025 Summary: New research highlights a functional hierarchy in the brain’s processing of space and time. In posterior areas, like the occipital cortex, space and time are tightly linked and … Continue reading →

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AI in Health: The near future. Hope. Source: Atlas

Posted on January 28, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

AI in Health New AI picks up 97% of lung diseases, and can tell pneumonia from COVID-19 By Bronwyn Thompson January 23, 2025 AI detects lung diseases from the tiniest of ultrasound details Generated by DALL-E View 3 Images View gallery … Continue reading →

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Quora daily sends me IQ messages. TBI and memory amnesia et al make it impossible to understand, other than in the moment of reading, what impairments you have. This explains exactly what neuropsycholigist will tell a person who has sustained TBI (following hours of tests) but as I say you have no room in the head to carry this for reference. What you have as a person with TBI is a “sheet of wind upon a window pane” … The article is about being part of 2% of population with an IQ of 140-145.

Posted on January 19, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

The Old Biddy ·  Follow Organic Gardener, Chicken Keeper, Mother of two grown offspr2y I have an IQ of 140-145. What does it mean? As a professional who administered, scored and interpreted more than 1000 IQ tests during my career, an … Continue reading →

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