Neuroscience
BBC Front Row's interview with Julianne Moore included a description of how she prepared for her role as Alice:
- Link Feast
Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so: Listen To Your Heart Our new Valentine's-themed podcast, plus loads more Valentine links and resources from The Psychologist magazine and our own archive. The Surprising...
- The Prize Winning Encephalon Of Urbana-champaign, Illinois
Better late than never, Of Two Minds hosts Encephalon.... the late prize winning February edition. Watch as Steve becomes obsessed with money, blows some lines of sugar, and throws like a girl, then turns to serotonin, brain doping, and dysfunctional...
- Alzheimer Disease: Famous Faces Testing And Fmri
Neuropsychologist Stephen Rao is in the news, with a recent publication in the journal Neurology looking at fMRI of individuals who had frisk factors for Alzheimer's disease and normal contols as they identify famous faces. Here is a report from Time...
- What's New In ... Aphasia?
Here are references to some recent papers covering important topics in aphasia: Otsuki M, Soma Y, Yoshimura N, Miyashita K, Nagatsuka K, Naritomi H. How to improve repetition ability in patients with Wernicke's aphasia: The effect of a disguised task....
- Cognitive Science Fiction: Alzheimer's Edition
I recently read a very moving novel about a woman suffering from Alzheimer's, called Still Alice. In it, neuroscientist Lisa Genova writes about neuroscientist Alice Howland who develops early-onset Alzheimer's at age 50. I especially enjoyed...
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's Disease: Julianne Moore on Preparing for Her Role in "Still Alice"
BBC Front Row's interview with Julianne Moore included a description of how she prepared for her role as Alice:
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- Link Feast
Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so: Listen To Your Heart Our new Valentine's-themed podcast, plus loads more Valentine links and resources from The Psychologist magazine and our own archive. The Surprising...
- The Prize Winning Encephalon Of Urbana-champaign, Illinois
Better late than never, Of Two Minds hosts Encephalon.... the late prize winning February edition. Watch as Steve becomes obsessed with money, blows some lines of sugar, and throws like a girl, then turns to serotonin, brain doping, and dysfunctional...
- Alzheimer Disease: Famous Faces Testing And Fmri
Neuropsychologist Stephen Rao is in the news, with a recent publication in the journal Neurology looking at fMRI of individuals who had frisk factors for Alzheimer's disease and normal contols as they identify famous faces. Here is a report from Time...
- What's New In ... Aphasia?
Here are references to some recent papers covering important topics in aphasia: Otsuki M, Soma Y, Yoshimura N, Miyashita K, Nagatsuka K, Naritomi H. How to improve repetition ability in patients with Wernicke's aphasia: The effect of a disguised task....
- Cognitive Science Fiction: Alzheimer's Edition
I recently read a very moving novel about a woman suffering from Alzheimer's, called Still Alice. In it, neuroscientist Lisa Genova writes about neuroscientist Alice Howland who develops early-onset Alzheimer's at age 50. I especially enjoyed...