Addressing the daily dilemmas of dementia care
Alzheimer’s conference co-hosted by UCI will tackle such sensitive subjects as intimacy, elder abuse, driving risks and end-of-life options
Browsing: memory
Playing 3-D video games can boost memory formation, UCI study finds
Results suggest novel approaches to maintaining cognition as we age
Multiple, short learning sessions strengthen memory formation in fragile X syndrome
A learning technique that maximizes the brain’s ability to make and store memories may help overcome cognitive issues seen in fragile X syndrome, a leading form of intellectual disability, according to UC Irvine neurobiologists.
James McGaugh receives Grawemeyer Award for Psychology
UC Irvine neurobiologist James McGaugh, whose research has vastly contributed to our knowledge of the brain’s learning and memory abilities, has won the 2015 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology.
A psychological split
Therapists, scientists differ notably in acceptance of repressed memories
Birth control pills alter memory
Women using hormonal contraceptives recall emotional events differently, study finds.