March 2010

Specific Memory Impairments in Dementia and MCI from goCognitive on Vimeo.

In this interview, Dr. Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe of Washington State University discusses different types of memory concepts – including semantic memory, episodic memory, prospective memory, source memory, and working memory and how these are affected by dementia and MCI. Greg Lee, the interviewer, is a psychology undergraduate student at the University of Idaho.

Source: goCognitive

Debbie Phillips died of cervical cancer at home in the early hours of Feb 11, 2010. This beautiful tribute was made by her daughter Sarah, it reminds us that life is precious, isn’t always fair and sometimes goes by all too fast.

The Debbie Phillips Cervical Cancer Research Fund will raise money for the UCL Cancer Institute Research Trust. For further information on the work of the UCL Cancer Institute, please go to www.ucl.ac.uk

Click here to make a donation

A breath of fresh air

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© iStock

Booze that has been treated so that you sober up faster afterwards may sound like a drinker’s dream, but could end up being their downfall if it encourages heavy drinkers to consume even more alcohol. link to read more
Source: New Scientist

Good Stress, Bad Stress?

All in the Mind’s  Natasha Mitchell interviews  neuroscientist and neuroendocrinologist Professor Bruce McEwen’s, whose work over decades has paved the way for our understanding of how stress affects us biologically.

Here is part one of the interview

and here is the link to All in the Mind

 

Source: All in the Mind