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Neoscope – Futurism: Human Intelligence Sharply Declining. Quote: “…but one key indicator is the sharp decline in reading and the world’s changing relationship to the way we consume information and media. In 2022, for example, the National Endowment for the Arts found that just 37.6 percent of Americans said they’d read a novel or short story in the year prior — a share down from 41.5 percent in 2017 and 45.2 percent in 2012…”

Posted on March 17, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Mar 16, 6:45 AM EDT/ by Noor Al-Sibai Human Intelligence Sharply Declining The benchmarks are not looking good, folks. No, it’s not just you — people really are less smart than they used to be. As the Financial Times reports, assessments show that people across … Continue reading →

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists … Mental Health Mortality & the Doomsday Clock

Posted on March 13, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

The authoritative guide to ensuring science and technology make life on Earth better, not worse. Apocalypse now? Mortality and mental health correlates of the Doomsday Clock By Samuel Justin Sinclair, David A. Silbersweig | March 12, 2025 Existential threats to global society have … Continue reading →

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Grok 3. Using X = suggestion = ask a question. Years writing about how TBI has impacted on my life, taking prompts from articles read, this takes just a minute. This is AI and it is time for people to engage in this leap frog era of knowledge which is about power.

Posted on March 9, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have a wide range of long-term effects, depending on the severity of the injury, the area of the brain affected, and the individual’s overall health and recovery process. Below is an overview of potential long-term … Continue reading →

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MIT Press Reader: Hallucinations and the dying mind…Quote: “In palliative care and hospice spaces, well over half of cancer patients are delirious in the last week to hours before death.”

Posted on February 28, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

The Hallucinatory Thoughts of the Dying Mind Delirium is one of the most perplexing deathbed phenomena, exposing the gap between our cultural ideals of dying words and the reality of a disoriented mind. By: Michael Erard        When William Brahms’s … Continue reading →

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Mother Jones: The DOGE Acting Administrator Isn’t New to the Trump World. Quote: “Fast forward to 2025, and Gleason is now at the helm of one of the most controversial and constitutionally questionable initiatives in recent memory, administering an agency that’s leading mass firings, gutting health agencies, and issuing return-to-office orders.”

Posted on February 27, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Politics February 25, 2025 The DOGE Acting Administrator Isn’t New to the Trump World Amy Gleason was a data cruncher and efficiency aficionado in the early Covid response. Artis Curiskis Julia Métraux Advertise with Mother Jones Mother Jones illustration; National Archives; … Continue reading →

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Brain’s Working Memory Limits Tied to Learning, Not Just Capacity

Posted on February 26, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Brain’s Working Memory Limits Tied to Learning, Not Just Capacity FeaturedNeuroscience ·February 25, 2025 Summary: A new study reveals that working memory limitations stem from learning challenges rather than storage capacity. Using a computer model of the basal ganglia and thalamus, … Continue reading →

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Cognitive decline risk could prompt rethink of ‘healthy’ vitamin B12 levels. Source: New Atlas. Comment: TBI and cognitive impairment. My mum was a wise GP and realised the benefit of vitamin B12, which she gave to a lot of her elderly patients. Every three months I have an injection of Cytamin B12 and it makes such a difference.

Posted on February 24, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

By Paul McClure Alzheimer’s & Dementia Cognitive decline risk could prompt rethink of ‘healthy’ vitamin B12 levels By Paul McClure February 19, 2025 Facebook Twitter Flipboard LinkedIn Reddit Vitamin B12 levels can affect brain functioning, especially in older adults People who sit … Continue reading →

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Source: The Electric Typewriter. Mother Jones publication 2002. “Disorders Made to Order” – mental illness is the focus. Now its 2025 and the Trump Administration is going to challenge the Pharmaceutical industry.

Posted on February 22, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Politics July/August 2002 Issue Disorders Made to Order Pharmaceutical companies have come up with a new strategy to market their drugs: First go out and find a new mental illness, then push the pills to cure it. Brendan I. KoernerBio … Continue reading →

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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 Facebook Twitter Flipboard LinkedIn Reddit Eight weeks of daily focused music-listening was found to improve connectivity in several brain regions Depositphotos View … 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

Study Research Engage About Give UCL NewsHome Home Latest news UCL in the media Services for media Student news Staff news Tell us your story Contact us UCL Home UCL News Tribute to pioneering cognitive neuroscientist Professor Eleanor Maguire Tribute … Continue reading →

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