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The New York Times
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Neuroscience
Assistive Aid for Persons with Memory Deficits
A Little Black Box to Jog Failing Memory
By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE
The New York Times
Published: March 8, 2010
"Researchers have tested the Sensecam, which contains a digital camera and an accelerometer, as an aid to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders."
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- Alzheimer's Disease: A-beta And Immune System
Old Enemy Might Help to Prevent Alzheimer’s By GINA KOLATA The New York Times Published: March 8, 2010 "Harvard researchers are taking a new look at beta amyloid, which was thought to be a chief villain in Alzheimer’s whose function was that of a...
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From The New York Times: Hopes for Alzheimer’s Drug Are Dashed By ANDREW POLLACK Published: March 4, 2010 "The drug, called Dimebon, failed in its first late-stage clinical trial, dealing a blow to patients with Alzheimer’s and the companies developing...
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From today's New York Times: Scent Activates Memory During Sleep, Study Says By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: March 8, 2007 Scientists studying how sleep affects memory have found that the whiff of a familiar scent can help a slumbering...
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From today's New York Times: Dr. James H. Schwartz, 73, Who Studied the Basis of Memory, Dies By JEREMY PEARCE Published: March 24, 2006 Dr. James H. Schwartz, a neurobiologist at Columbia whose research helped explain the biochemical basis of learning...