While physical exercise is the only thing proven to increase the cells in your brain, a healthy lifestyle that incorporates physical exercise, rest, a healthy diet, social connections and a variety of activities that challenge and interest you can all help maintain your health late into your years.
Brain 101: Topics in Neuroscience
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Human memory is made up of four types of memory: working, episodic, semantic and remote. Each type uses a different network in the brain, and therefore, one type can affected by disease or injury while another type functions normally.
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Speech and language difficulty commonly affects individuals with dementia and other neurological conditions. Patients may experience deficits in the form of verbal expression (i.e., word-finding difficulty) or comprehension (i.e., difficulty understanding speech).
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Neurodegenerative disease can lead to changes in a loved one’s social interactions. These changes may occur because of structural and neurochemical changes in the brain that affect a person’s ability to process and act on information.
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The term “Executive Functions” refers to the higher-level cognitive skills you use to control and coordinate your other cognitive abilities and behaviors. Executive deficits have been associated with damage to the most forward areas of the frontal lobes (located just above your eyes), as well as the cortical and subcortical structures that connect to the frontal lobes.
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The motor neuron system is divided into upper and lower divisions, based on whether they are in the central or peripheral nervous system. Motor neuron disease (MND) affects motor nerve cells in the spinal cord, the brain stem (which sits on top of the spinal cord), and the cerebral cortex.
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Creativity combines elements of emotion, planning and sensory perception. Furthermore, creative expression can involve linguistic, graphic and/or motor skills as well.
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An integral component of the Memory and Aging Center’s research mission is to understand various complex functions of the brain. As such, many individuals at the Memory and Aging Center are fascinated by the creative brain and hope to gain a greater understanding of the creative mind.
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Alex BeagleResearch Coordinator
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Nina Dronkers, PhDSpeech Pathologist
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Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of Neurology
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Maya Henry, PhDSpeech-Language Pathologist
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Joel Kramer, PsyDDirector of Neuropsychology
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Bruce L. Miller, MDCenter Director
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Zachary A. Miller, MDNeurology Fellow
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Alissa Nana Li, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow
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Jenny Ogar, MSSpeech Pathologist
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Kate Possin, PhDAssistant Professor in Neuropsychology
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Katherine P. Rankin, PhDAssociate Professor of Neurology
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Howard Rosen, MDAssociate Professor of Neurology
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Tal Shany-Ur, PhDPostdoctoral fellow
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Virginia Sturm, PhDNeuropsychology Fellow
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Andrew TrujilloResearch Associate
