Scientists find ways to boost memory in aging brains(news.vt.edu)

148 points by stevenjgarner 11 months ago | 42 comments

Bananas almost went extinct 70 years ago – Now a deadly fungus is trying again(studyfinds.org)

4 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 0 comments

Scientists just found a protein that reverses brain aging(sciencedaily.com)

110 points by stevenjgarner 1 year ago | 55 comments

What 2000 Buried Underpants Revealed About Where Soil Is Most Alive(studyfinds.com)

66 points by mdp2021 2 months ago | 10 comments

Researchers to retract landmark Alzheimer's paper containing doctored images(science.org)

257 points by instagraham 2 years ago | 124 comments

Americans dying younger than their English-speaking peers worldwide(studyfinds.org)

13 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 17 comments

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Repetitive negative thinking associated with cognitive decline in older adults(bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com)

465 points by redbell 1 year ago | 173 comments

Open-access BMC Psychiatry research article reporting a cross-sectional study linking repetitive negative thinking to cognitive function decline in older adults.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)

524 points by rzk 2 months ago | 452 comments

A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.

Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds(monash.edu)

418 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 381 comments

Monash University news article reporting a study finding that each 1% yearly loss of deep sleep in people over 60 is linked to a 27% higher dementia risk.

Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice(med.stanford.edu)

368 points by mustaphah 7 months ago | 176 comments

Stanford Medicine news article reporting that enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice.