Cognitive Science

The latest breakthroughs, innovations, and cool happenings at the cutting edge of the world of cognitive science. Updated daily.

Unearthing the Mysteries of Memory Processing in the Brain’s Directed Graphs

The brain, like a vast interconnected web of information, constantly challenges memory researchers who seek to understand how it encodes, stores, and retrieves information. While cognitive psychology and neurobiology provide some insights into memory mechanisms, there is still much left to uncover. Researchers grapple with characterizing and distributing content within biological neural networks, coexisting information […]

Published on October 19, 2023

Altered local and remote functional connectivity in mild Alzheimer’s disease patients with sleep disturbances

ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate local and remote functional connectivity in mild Alzheimer’s disease patients with sleep disturbances (ADSD) and those without sleep disturbances (ADNSD).MethodsThirty eight mild AD patients with sleep disturbances and 21 mild AD patients without sleep disturbances participated in this study. All subjects underwent neuropsychological assessments and 3.0 Tesla magnetic resonance scanning. […]

Published on October 18, 2023

The Elusive Dance of Creativity and Consolidation

Learning is like a beautiful dance where the steps continue even after the music stops. Just as dancers transition from one move to the next, our brain goes through cycles of plasticity and stability during both wakefulness and sleep to enhance learning. However, scientists have struggled to measure these dynamics accurately, hindering our understanding of […]

Published on October 18, 2023