Neuroscience
An excellent piece in tomorrow's New York Times:
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- I ...... Mac
In tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: Total Recall By GARY MARCUS Published: April 13, 2008 "How much would you pay to have a small memory chip implanted in your brain if that chip would double the capacity of your short-term memory? Or guarantee...
- Olfaction, Memory, And Sleep
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...
- Predicting Alzheimer Disease: More Wish Than Reality
A core contemporary issue in the clinical neurology and neuropsychology of aging and dementia is discussed in an article in tomorrow's New York Times: Predicting Alzheimer's Is More Wish Than Reality By LAURIE TARKAN The New York Times Published:...
- 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...
- The Passionate Caudate
From tomorrow's New York Times: Watching New Love as It Sears the Brain By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: May 31, 2005 [snip] In the study, Dr. [Helen] Fisher, Dr. Lucy Brown of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx and...
Neuroscience
The Performance of Impermanence
An excellent piece in tomorrow's New York Times:
Memorizing Her Lines Is Out of the Question[ ... Read the full article ... ]
By DAVID CARR
The New York Times
Published: October 9, 2005
THE first time I met Caris Corfman after her one-woman show at the Flea Theater, she looked - almost stared - into the very backs of my eyes as I told her how I enjoyed her performance. She was flattered and incredibly gracious.
The second time I met Ms. Corfman, she again stared and responded graciously. But she had no idea who I was. It was exactly five minutes later.
She can't remember. Ten years ago doctors detected a benign tumor in her brain. A series of four operations removed the tumor but damaged the part of the brain that regulates short-term memory. As a result, she not only forgets who she met five minutes ago, but she also can't remember if she took her medicine, if she ate, if she should go right or left or just stay put. The long-term memory remains, which is both a sad and a wonderful thing.
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She is direct about the loss: "No memory, no life; no memory, no career; no memory. No, it's not that tragic; I do have a life and at times it's quite a wondrous one, but damn it, it would be such a treat to remember it!"
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
- I ...... Mac
In tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: Total Recall By GARY MARCUS Published: April 13, 2008 "How much would you pay to have a small memory chip implanted in your brain if that chip would double the capacity of your short-term memory? Or guarantee...
- Olfaction, Memory, And Sleep
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...
- Predicting Alzheimer Disease: More Wish Than Reality
A core contemporary issue in the clinical neurology and neuropsychology of aging and dementia is discussed in an article in tomorrow's New York Times: Predicting Alzheimer's Is More Wish Than Reality By LAURIE TARKAN The New York Times Published:...
- 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...
- The Passionate Caudate
From tomorrow's New York Times: Watching New Love as It Sears the Brain By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: May 31, 2005 [snip] In the study, Dr. [Helen] Fisher, Dr. Lucy Brown of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx and...