Neuroscience, brain development and cognitive health

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 13, 2009

Round-up of recent arti­cles on neu­ro­science, brain devel­op­ment and cog­ni­tive health: Encephalon 68: A car­ni­val of neu­ro­science: Chris hosts a great col­lec­tion of neu­ro­science and psy­chol­o­gy posts in his sig­na­ture Q&A style. Bilin­gual Babies Get Head Start — Before They Can Talk: — Unlike the mono­lin­gual group, the bilin­gual group was able to suc­cess­ful­ly learn a…

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Shall we question the brand new book of human troubles

By Dr. Vaughan Bell | December 20, 2008 |

With three years still left until pub­li­ca­tion, the fights over the new ver­sion of the psy­chi­atric diag­nos­tic man­u­al, the DSM‑V, are hot­ting up and The New York Times has a con­cise arti­cle that cov­ers most of the main point of con­tention. — “What you have in the end,  Mr. Short­er said, “is this process of…

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Cognitive, Brain News RoundUp

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 18, 2008

Inter­est­ing recent news: 1) A Par­a­digm Shift in Genet­ics (Philadel­phia Inquir­er) 2)  Con­fer­ence on Brain Devel­op­ment and Learn­ing: Mak­ing Sense of the Sci­ence (thanks Pete) 3) 1 in 5 vet­er­ans found with men­tal dis­or­der (Boston Globe) 4) Com­mon Med­ica­tions May Harm Mem­o­ry in Old­er Peo­ple (U.S. News & World Report) 5) Men More Like­ly to Devel­op Cog­ni­tive Prob­lems (Forbes) For more…

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Preventive Medicine for Brain Health

By Dr. Simon Evans | February 27, 2008

Giv­en the cur­rent polit­i­cal cli­mate, we are pleased to host this thought-pro­­vok­ing arti­cle by 2 of our Expert Con­trib­u­tors. Dear Mr or Mrs Next Pres­i­dent: how can you help our minds take bet­ter care of our brains? ————– Ask Not What The Health Sys­tem Can Do For You…  – By Simon J. Evans, PhD and Paul…

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Joaquin Fuster wins the George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 21, 2007

We are very hap­py that Joaquin Fuster, one of our sci­en­tif­ic advi­sors, has won the 2007 George A. Miller Prize in Cog­ni­tive Neu­ro­science. The George A. Miller Prize in Cog­ni­tive Neu­ro­science was estab­lished in 1995 by the Cog­ni­tive Neu­ro­science Soci­ety and the James S. McDon­nell Foun­da­tion to hon­or the career con­tri­bu­tions of George A. Miller…

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