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Using Blood Pressure to Predict Cognitive Function
Vascular risk factors are receiving increasing attention in research investigating the development of cognitive decline and dementia. As researcher Matthew Pase and colleagues note in a new article in Psychological Science, “the importance of vascular
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The Biggest Brain (Sculpture) in the World
Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) now holds bragging rights to the world’s largest anatomically correct sculpture of a human brain. The sculpture made its public debut during the festivities that celebrated another set of bragging rights
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Veterans With Gulf War Illness Show Brain Changes Linked to Memory Deficits
New research illuminates definitive brain alterations in troops with Gulf War Illness (GWI) thought to result from the exposure to neurotoxic chemicals, including sarin gas, during the first Persian Gulf War. “More than 250,000 troops
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Blindsight in Children With Cerebral Lesions
Congenital or acquired damage to the visual processing areas of the brain is often associated with a loss of vision. Despite sustaining damage to these brain areas, some people retain an unconscious ability to respond
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The Mind of a Furloughed Worker
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers remain on furlough from their jobs, hoping the congressional budget standoff will end in time for them to pay their rents and mortgage installments. It’s a situation that is
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Building a Fearless Mind
Psychological scientists are examining memory reconsolidation as a way to dampen the memory of a trauma.
