Tag Archives: neuroscience

Neuroscience News: The Brain and its ability to rapidly rewire.

Posted on June 15, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Brain Adapts to Neuron Loss Through Rapid Rewiring FeaturedNeuroscience ·June 14, 2025 Summary: New research shows that the brain’s cortex can rapidly reorganize itself after losing neurons, allowing other nerve cells to take over lost functions. Scientists studied neural networks in … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: ECT … personal experience … it was of benefit to me

Posted on June 1, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Brain ‘Reset Wave’ May Explain How ECT Rapidly Relieves Depression FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·May 31, 2025 Summary: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), long misunderstood due to outdated portrayals, remains the most effective treatment for severe, treatment-resistant mental illness. While traditionally thought to work solely through … Continue reading →

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Big Think. How curiosity rewires your brain for change

Posted on May 15, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Smart Skills — May 12, 2025 How curiosity rewires your brain for change Curiosity is often considered a personality quirk. Neuroscience paints a different picture. Key Takeaways Anne-Laure Le CunffCopy a link to the article entitled http://How%20curiosity%20rewires%20your%20brain%20for%20change Share How curiosity rewires your … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience.com Eye Movements … so very important to know

Posted on May 11, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Eye Movements Set the Speed Limit for What You Can See FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience ·May 10, 2025 Summary: The speed of your eye movements, called saccades, determines how fast an object can move before it becomes invisible to you. Objects that mimic … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Sleep … Past memories and Future Learning. Comment: A significant finding; it takes me back decades to 1993 after a TBI complicated by bipolar and the excellent advicea and care from the nuns in Zimbabwe reiterating the importance of rest “Rest Restores”. Later I would burn the candle at both ends while studying a BESS degree in Trinity College Dublin, only to lead to the complication of chronic fatigue which stole 6 years of my life, to drop dead exhaustion.

Posted on April 28, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Sleep Prepares the Brain for Both Past Memories and Future Learning FeaturedNeuroscience ·April 28, 2025 Summary: A new study reveals that sleep not only consolidates existing memories but also primes the brain for future learning. Researchers tracked neuronal activity in mice … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Logical thinking and the right frontal lobe. Comment: (Neuropsychological assessment showed this in my case in mid 1990s post TBI)

Posted on April 27, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Critical Hub for Logical Thinking Identified Featured Neuroscience ·April 26, 2025 Summary: Researchers have identified that the right frontal lobe plays a critical role in logical thinking and problem-solving. Using lesion-deficit mapping in 247 patients with brain injuries, they found that … Continue reading →

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Breakthrough stroke drug heals the brain to restore movement

Posted on March 21, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Stroke Breakthrough stroke drug heals the brain to restore movement By Bronwyn Thompson March 19, 2025 This drug discovery promises molecular rehabilitation for stroke patients  Depositphotos View 1 Images There’s newfound hope for stroke patients in recovery, with what researchers believe … 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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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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