Not in the United States?Neuropsychology Blogs
- Orange County Neuropsychologist is a blog by Dr Haygoush Kalinian, a Neuropsychologist engaged in private practice in Orange County, CA. She offers information about Brain Injury, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, ADHD, Stroke, and other brain disorders.
- Consulting Neuropsychologist Dr Anthony Risser's Brain Blog, covering news about our knowledge of the brain and behavior.
- The Eide Neurolearning Blog is by Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide, who are both strong advocates for neurologically-based approaches to learning and learning differences.
- The Brain Injury News and Information Blog by lawyer Michael Kaplen offers the latest news, information and views about brain injury and its prevention
- brainandspinalcord.org is a resource for those looking for information about brain and spinal cord injuries.
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Neuropsychology Blog Posts
The blog posts below are all tagged in Technorati as being about Neuropsychology. They may be 'lighter' reading than you're used to, or they may be surprisingly academic and in-depth - it all depends on the individual blogger (or the individual blog post). We hope you find them interesting, informative, and engaging.
We also hope that they'll help you discover some blogs that you'll bookmark to read regularly, whether they're for your education, your continual professional development or for leisure & recreation.
Blog posts that contain the word "Neuropsychology" per day for the last 60 days:
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- What is a blog?
- Shortened from "web log", a blog is an online journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger". Blogs are an increasingly popular form of online peer-publication.
Stress During Pregnancy May Predispose Schizophrenia
posted on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:35:25 -0700
A new study discovered pregnant women who endure the psychological stress of being in a war zone are more likely to give birth to a child who develops schizophrenia. The research supports a growing body of literature that attributes maternal exposure to severe stress during the early months of pregnancy to an increased susceptibility to schizophrenia in the offspring. The report is published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry. According to lead author Dolores Malaspina M.D., M.Sc.P.
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Cognitive neuropsychological approaches to word production in aphasia: Beyond boxes and arrows
posted on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:05:46 -0700
from Aphasiology Background: The cognitive neuropsychological approach aims to describe aphasic disorders of word production by identifying the specific cognitive process(es) that are impaired in each individual. This approach is becoming increasingly influential in the assessment, investigation, and treatment of word production difficulties in aphasia. The classical cognitive neuropsychological approach, with its signature box-and-arrow diagrams, is now highly familiar to most aphasiologist
Interviews with people with aphasia: Environmental factors that influence their community participation
posted on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:04:46 -0700
from Aphasiology Background: Speech-language pathologists have been encouraged to create communication-friendly environments to enable the everyday participation of their clients with aphasia. However, we still do not know the scope of the negative environmental factors (barriers) and positive environmental factors (facilitators) that need to be addressed in order to create these types of environments. Aims: This investigation explores the environmental factors that hinder or support the c
Potential Help for Parkinson’s
posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:29:18 -0700
Researchers have identified a protein from a most unlikely source — baker’s yeast — that might protect against Parkinson’s disease. More than a million Americans suffer from Parkinson’s disease, and no treatments are available that fundamentally alter the course of the condition. By introducing the yeast protein Hsp104 into animal models of Parkinson’s disease, researchers prevented protein clumping that leads to nerve cell death characteristic of the disorder. “Yeast express a protein cal
In press CHC theory overview and HCA project manuscript
posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:02:01 -0700
I'm pleased to announce that the following manuscript re: CHC (Cattell-Horn-Carroll ) theory and the Human Cognitive Abilities (HCA) project is now "in press" in the journal Intelligence. Readers may be particularly interested in the CHC Theory model figure (Figure 1) which represents the most comprehensive overview of contemporary CHC theory. McGrew, K. S. (in press). CHC Theory and the Human Cognitive Abilities Project: Standing on the Shoulders of the Giants of Psychometric Intelligence Re
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New Addiction Treatment Erases Drug-Associated Memories
posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:30:07 -0700
Wiping-out drug-associated recollections may prevent recovering drug abusers from relapsing, say researchers from the University of Cambridge. The team, led by Professor Barry Everitt, was able to reduce drug-seeking behaviors in rats by blocking a brain chemical receptor important to learning and memory during the recall of drug-associated memories. Their research, which was funded by the Medical Research Council, was reported in the August issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The Cambri
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Infidelity and the Capgras Delusion
posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:00:00 -0700
A fascinating case study described in the June 2008 issue of Clinical Neurophysiology concerns a patient who presented visual hallucinations and identification disorders associated with a Capgras syndrome. During his Capgras episodes, the patient not only misidentified his wife's face, but also perceived her as being an entirely different sexual partner. Not only did he have sexual intercourse with his wife's "double" without having the slightest recollection of any familiarity towards her, he
Emotional Thrills From A Movie (or a Book)
posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:33:03 -0700
The action and intensity of The Dark Knight increased the heart rate and blood pressure of most viewers. The physiological response from the sharing of other people’s emotions in movies has been shown to depend on the fact that the same brain regions are activated in the observers when they feel an emotion as when they see someone else experience a similar emotion. We all know, however, that reading a book describing a high-powered action scene can be similarly gripping. This week, in a pa
People can hear what they see
posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:26:42 -0700
In an interesting twist from the usual condition called synaesthesia where people see colors associated with what they hear, researchers at the California Institute of Technology have identified at least three people who can hear noises associated with what they see. There’s actually a test on the link where dots move across the screen, and people with the condition will hear noises as the dots move. In this day and age when it’s hard to escape noises created outside of our minds - cars, phon
Dopamine Is Critical For Parkinson’s
posted on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:44:04 -0700
Parkinson’s disease and drug addiction are polar opposite diseases, but both depend upon the same brain chemical that is essential for nerve cell communication. Parkinson’s patients don’t have enough of it; drug addicts get too much of it. Although the importance of dopamine in these disorders has been well known, the way it works has been a mystery. New research from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine has revealed that dopamine strengthens and weakens the two primary circu
Some Are Addicted After First Cigarette
posted on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:15:17 -0700
New research reveals how the brain processes the ‘rewarding’ and addictive properties of nicotine, providing a better understanding of why some people seemingly become hooked with their first smoke. The research, led by Steven Laviolette of The University of Western Ontario, could lead to new therapies to prevent nicotine dependence and to treat nicotine withdrawal when smokers try to quit. The paper is published in the Journal of Neuroscience. “Nicotine interacts with a variety of neuroche
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