Month: October 2022

Linking brain’s communication system to memory performance in older adults

Imagine the brain as a vast network of roads connecting different cities. Just like how we can measure the quality and condition of roads to understand the efficiency of transportation, scientists can use diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the white matter tracts in the brain that connect different functional regions. In this research, […]

Published on October 5, 2022

Study Finds Pronounced Atrophy in Dementia Patients With Psychiatric Onset

Imagine your brain is a city, with different neighborhoods representing different regions. Researchers used metric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine the brains of patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and found pronounced atrophy in a specific region called the substantia innominata (SI). This atrophy was particularly evident in patients who experienced a psychiatric […]

Published on October 5, 2022

Do blind people hear better?

For ages, people have marveled at the remarkable hearing abilities of blind individuals. It turns out that there is scientific merit to this observation! Recent studies have found that early blind individuals display specific auditory enhancements, which can be linked to changes in their brain. These studies have revealed that the occipital cortex, typically associated […]

Published on October 5, 2022