A new study of brain activity patterns in people doing a memory task finds that the way we make inferences changes dramatically as we age. Members of Alison Preston’s research group study fMRI brain ...
The human brain operates as a tireless prediction machine. It watches a dropped glass and anticipates the shatter. It listens ...
O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...
June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness month. Nearly seven million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. By 2050, this number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million. While there are no guaranteed ...
From this loss, lessons could and perhaps should have been learned. This included the importance of quick case identification and reporting, efficient infection prevention and control, community-based ...