neuroscience

Scientists recover 'lost' memories using brain stimulation by blue light

Posted in Medicine on 31st May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Amnesia is a fixable result of retrieval impairment, not damage.

Light electric stimulation of the brain may improve memory for people with schizophrenia

Posted in Medicine on 30th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

This type of brain stimulation might ease some of the cognitive difficulties that afflict people with schizophrenia.

Psychedelic drugs should be legally reclassified, says psychiatrist

Posted in Science on 29th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Pre 1967 research showed "beneficial change in many psychiatric disorders"

Some blind people can train themselves to use echolocation

Posted in Science on 26th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Some blind people have learned to use echolocation to tell the size, density, and texture of objects around them.

An infection can affect your IQ even after it has been treated

Posted in Medicine on 23rd May, 2015
by Alex Muller

New research shows that infections can impair your cognitive ability measured on an IQ scale. The study is the largest of its kind to date, and it shows a clear correlation.