Neuroscience
The cover story for the 06 December 2004 issue of Newsweek deals with developments in cognitive neuroscience and with drugs that may improve or enhance memory functioning:
- 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...
- Cognition-enhancer Pharmaceuticals
A new report, from Britain, on trends and future possibilities for cognitive-enhancing medications (sometimes referred to as "cosmetic neurology, " "nootropics," and "smart drugs") has been released. From the BBC:Brain-boost drugs 'to be common'...
- Memory Divided
The new October issue of the American Psychological Association's Monitor on Psychology includes several short articles of interest to neuroscience readers. One of these articles is about one researcher's career of researching memory systems....
- Hit The Gym And Then The Library
Great set of stories in Newsweek a few weeks back on exercise. One article in particular, Can Exercise Make You Smarter?, by Mary Carmichael (March 26, 2007) discusses the relationship between exercise and the brain. Charles Hillman, of the University...
- Cognition In Babies
Newsweek's cover story for Aug 15 is all about "Your Baby's Brain". Reads like a literature review lite on cognition in babies -- fascinating, and simple enough for non-scientists to understand. That's the way I like my cognitive science!...
Neuroscience
Newsweek Cover Story: Memory Pharmacology
The cover story for the 06 December 2004 issue of Newsweek deals with developments in cognitive neuroscience and with drugs that may improve or enhance memory functioning:
The Quest for Memory Drugs[ ... Read the full article ... ]
By Mary Carmichael
Newsweek
Dec. 6 issue - To say that Aplysia Californicus is one of nature's least glamorous beasts would be too kind. A hermaphroditic marine snail with mottled purple skin, it keeps to itself, responding to disturbances by emitting a murky fluid that stains the water around it. Its "brain," if you can call it that, is stunningly simple, with only a few thousand oversize neurons. It is not, in short, a likely candidate for glory in the animal kingdom. But a few years from now, much of the baby-boom generation may be greatly indebted to this unprepossessing little creature. Aplysia may look homely, but to scientists hoping to develop memory-enhancing medicine, it is a thing of beauty.
- 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...
- Cognition-enhancer Pharmaceuticals
A new report, from Britain, on trends and future possibilities for cognitive-enhancing medications (sometimes referred to as "cosmetic neurology, " "nootropics," and "smart drugs") has been released. From the BBC:Brain-boost drugs 'to be common'...
- Memory Divided
The new October issue of the American Psychological Association's Monitor on Psychology includes several short articles of interest to neuroscience readers. One of these articles is about one researcher's career of researching memory systems....
- Hit The Gym And Then The Library
Great set of stories in Newsweek a few weeks back on exercise. One article in particular, Can Exercise Make You Smarter?, by Mary Carmichael (March 26, 2007) discusses the relationship between exercise and the brain. Charles Hillman, of the University...
- Cognition In Babies
Newsweek's cover story for Aug 15 is all about "Your Baby's Brain". Reads like a literature review lite on cognition in babies -- fascinating, and simple enough for non-scientists to understand. That's the way I like my cognitive science!...