Category Archives: Memory

Hang Out this Holiday Weekend

July 2, 2009 – 12:16 pm

July 4th is almost here and there are likely to be BBQs, family gatherings, community events, fireworks and more on the agenda over the next few days.  Is this good for your brain? “Absolutely”, says the scientific community who have studied the positive effects of socializing on the brain – specifically delaying brain decline and [...]

By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in Brain Decline, Brain health, Health & Wellness, Memory Training, Seniors | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Your Brain at Work

June 30, 2009 – 11:53 pm

Learning on the job isn’t a luxury these days; it’s absolutely necessary. And that is where your brain at work comes in. The Dana Foundation has launched a new website – Your Brain at Work

By Sandrine Belier Ph.D. | Also posted in Attention Skills, Brain Fitness Websites, Cognitive Training, Lifelong learning, Mind/Body, neural connections | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

10 Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

May 30, 2009 – 5:43 pm

The Alzheimer’s Association recently published an article on the 10 signs of Alzheimer’s disease. The first sign is occasional memory loss, like not being able to remember important dates or events, further signs are difficulties in planning or solving problems, completing everyday tasks, confusing time and place and not knowing [...]

By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in Alzheimers, Brain Decline, Brain health, Seniors, memory loss, plasticity | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Memory Loss explained..

April 21, 2009 – 7:41 pm

There are many memory disorders and it can be difficult to understand the differences. I am asked the question all the time “What are the different type of memory loss?” Let me offer a very brief summary here…..

Normal memory loss: Everybody’s brain ages. As the connections and chemicals in the brain alter with time, many [...]

By Dr. Bernard Croisile | Also posted in Alzheimers, Brain Decline, Brain Fitness Websites, Brain health, Health & Wellness, Memory Training | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Alzheimer’s Disease – More Women than Men?

April 3, 2009 – 7:43 pm

Interestingly, the Mayo Clinic researchers reported that men are 1.5 times more likely than women to have memory problems. You may wonder then, how it can also be true that more women develop and die from Alzheimer’s Disease?
The kind of memory loss in the study is called mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Scientists theorize that in [...]

By Dr. Michel Noir | Also posted in Alzheimers, Cognitive Neuroscience | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Alzheimer’s Myths

October 28, 2008 – 6:12 pm

November is almost here and it’s Alzheimer’s awareness month! It is definitely worth a visit to the Alzheimer Association’s website to get educated, dispel myths and to sign government action petitions to help combat this deadly disease and to provide adequate support for those that have it.
Many of the myths surrounding Alzheimer’s Disease include the [...]

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Alzheimers, Brain Decline, Brain Fitness Websites | Comments (0)

Have You Outsourced Your Memory?

September 17, 2008 – 7:30 pm

I blogged about this issue last year, but was remind of it again as I was in contact with my alma mater – Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. The study finding are a wake-up call for brain exercising in all forms, even if some seem ‘trivial’. It showed that the under-30 generation was less likely to [...]

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Memory Training, Mind Fitness | Comments (0)

Deep Brain Stimulation Inexplicably Restores Vivid Memories

September 9, 2008 – 7:07 pm

Posted in Longevity and Age Management, Brain and Mental Performance on Mon September 08, 2008. What an interesting scientific discovery!

Scientists searching for a way to suppress appetite accidentally discovered a way to trigger vivid memories. The researchers hope to develop the technique into a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in [...]

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She Never Forgets a Face!

July 21, 2008 – 2:36 pm

Do women remember better then men do? Research shows that females may have an advantage over men when it comes to episodic memory, the type of long term memory based in personal experiences. A Swedish team of psychologists showed, for example, that women are better on average than men at remembering faces.
Previous studies have shown [...]

By Scientific American Mind | Also posted in Brain businesses, Mind Fitness | Comments (0)

Men & Memory Loss

June 18, 2008 – 12:32 am

I was reading a government report on aging related statistics, and was intrigued to note that about 15% of men aged 65+ report memory loss compared with only 11% of women of the same age group and the gap widens significantly after the age of 85. So I ponder….why is it that women have [...]

By Laura Fay | Also posted in Brain Training, Brain exercises, Cognitive Training | Comments (0)