Neuroscience
Back from my evacuation exodus from New Orleans.
The new September issue of the American Psychological Association Monitor has as its cover story a series of articles about just how modifiable memory functioning can be. The full contents of the Monitor is available online.
Articles include one by Sadie F. Dingfelder entitled, A workout for working memory: "New research suggests that mental exercises might enhance one of the brain's central components for reasoning and problem-solving. In addition, there is an article by Rachel Adelson, Mending memory:
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- Fda: Alzheimer Disease, Aricept (donepezil Hydrochloride)
From the FDA last week: FDA Approves Expanded Use of Treatment for Patients With Severe Alzheimer's Disease FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE P06-168 October 13, 2006 Media Inquiries: Susan Cruzan, 301-827-6242 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA...
- Hippocampus And Early-life Memories
The November issue of The APA Monitor includes a short piece about a recent talk by Dr. Lynn Nadel discussing advances in research related to the hippocampus and memory: Why we can't remember when... The hippocampus's role in memory may help explain...
- Neuropsychology Of Attention And Distraction In Older Adults
From The Daily Californian:Distractions Cause Memory Loss By OMEED ELBOUDWAREJ Contributing Writer Wednesday, September 28, 2005 UC Berkeley researchers have used brain imaging to confirm that, contrary to popular opinion, short-term memory loss common...
- Neuropsychology Assessment Of Dementia: Early Detection
From an American Psychological Association (APA) press release on 25 September 2005:PSYCHOLOGISTS FIND MORE SENSITIVE TESTS FOR PREDICTING ALZHEIMER'S AS WELL AS SUBTLE CHANGES IN COGNITION Implicit-memory tests are stronger predictors than the common...
- Abstract Of The Day: Executive Task Performance And Functional Status In Elderly Persons
Rapp MA, Schnaider Beeri M, Schmeidler J, Sano M, Silverman JM, Haroutunian V. Relationship of neuropsychological performance to functional status in nursing home residents and community-dwelling older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry....
Neuroscience
Memory Flexibility, Enhancement, Treatment
Back from my evacuation exodus from New Orleans.
The new September issue of the American Psychological Association Monitor has as its cover story a series of articles about just how modifiable memory functioning can be. The full contents of the Monitor is available online.
Articles include one by Sadie F. Dingfelder entitled, A workout for working memory: "New research suggests that mental exercises might enhance one of the brain's central components for reasoning and problem-solving. In addition, there is an article by Rachel Adelson, Mending memory:
"Brain injury, such as that from an accident or stroke, or a memory-draining disease such as Alzheimer's, can leave people struggling with everything from cooking dinner to knowing their own children. What's more, as the number of older adults in America grows, so will the number with age-related dementia, boosting the prevalence of this frustrating and usually invisible disability.
As the need for intervention grows, U.K. neuropsychologist Barbara Wilson, PhD, an authority on memory rehabilitation at the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge and the Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Ely, says that due to lack of specialists and insurance barriers, few are being shown how best to keep their handicap from hurting everyday functioning. Yet much more is possible. "We can help people adapt to, understand, bypass and compensate for their memory difficulties," Wilson says.
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- Fda: Alzheimer Disease, Aricept (donepezil Hydrochloride)
From the FDA last week: FDA Approves Expanded Use of Treatment for Patients With Severe Alzheimer's Disease FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE P06-168 October 13, 2006 Media Inquiries: Susan Cruzan, 301-827-6242 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA...
- Hippocampus And Early-life Memories
The November issue of The APA Monitor includes a short piece about a recent talk by Dr. Lynn Nadel discussing advances in research related to the hippocampus and memory: Why we can't remember when... The hippocampus's role in memory may help explain...
- Neuropsychology Of Attention And Distraction In Older Adults
From The Daily Californian:Distractions Cause Memory Loss By OMEED ELBOUDWAREJ Contributing Writer Wednesday, September 28, 2005 UC Berkeley researchers have used brain imaging to confirm that, contrary to popular opinion, short-term memory loss common...
- Neuropsychology Assessment Of Dementia: Early Detection
From an American Psychological Association (APA) press release on 25 September 2005:PSYCHOLOGISTS FIND MORE SENSITIVE TESTS FOR PREDICTING ALZHEIMER'S AS WELL AS SUBTLE CHANGES IN COGNITION Implicit-memory tests are stronger predictors than the common...
- Abstract Of The Day: Executive Task Performance And Functional Status In Elderly Persons
Rapp MA, Schnaider Beeri M, Schmeidler J, Sano M, Silverman JM, Haroutunian V. Relationship of neuropsychological performance to functional status in nursing home residents and community-dwelling older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry....