Here are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too!
the mouse “Grimace Scale” to help understand pain in animals and humans
“This is the first time researchers have successfully developed a scale to measure spontaneous responses in animals that resemble human responses to those same painful states.”
How Darwin’s work impacts treatment of Autism and Schizophrenia
“He (Darwin) believed there was a smaller set core of emotions commonly expressed cross-culturally. As a result, Darwin designed and conducted a truly novel scientific test of Duchenne’s claim in what may be the first ever single-blind study of the recognition of human facial expression of emotion.”
Scientists find new nerve cells even in old age!
“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. The corresponding view that the brain loses learning and memory capacity with advancing age prevailed for a long time. However, neuronal stem cells exist in the hippocampus — a region of the brain that plays a central role in learning and memory functions — that can produce new nerve cells throughout life.”
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EspieW-PSY340 · May 14, 2010 at 10:35 am
The article spoke a lot about autism and schizophrenia, but if new nerve cells can be produced throughout life to assist people showing signs of memory loss that would be a great breakthrough. What stimulates the production of these new nerve cells? I read in another article that Theta waves may increase memory retention. It would be wonderful to find a treatment that evidently may help prevent dementia and/or Alzheimer’s.
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