Cognitive Labs

Cloud Gaming Takes Off - as massive asset games can now be streamed live via the OnLive service, an addition to an industry that includes firms like Steam

Labels: distream.com, onlive, steam

Artificial Life and Artificial Worlds - More at NewScientist

Labels: organism, selfreplicating

Your brain on Aging....

Well-known figures such as Vincent Van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allen Poe, even Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of President Abraham Lincoln, all used hallucinogenic drinks to cope with life's everyday pains, and they were supposedly driven insane by the drinks to varying degrees.

The alcohol consumed today won't convince anyone that they're living in a magical world of fairies and unicorns, as some of history's most powerful hallucinogenic beverages do. Today's beverages will, however, serve as a central nervous system depressant. And alcohol also relaxes, reduces inhibitions, decreases motor control and, at higher doses, can cause unconsciousness, respiratory problems and severe embarrassment due to urinary incontinence.

From shamans in the rainforest to artists, writers, philosophers and Frenchmen, cultures across the READ the REST

Labels: absinthe, minds

A new protein, preselin 1, has been identified that may contribute, according to researchers, to Alzheimer's formation.

Labels: presilin

Drugmakers are uniting together to create one large database that will include results of failed Alzheimer’s disease drug studies. The database will hopefully create a larger pool of information for researchers to use in future drug recipes. The hope is to learn why a drug failed and work on a way to fix it so it will work.




The Coalition Against Major Diseases believes the database will save valuable time and money that may have otherwise been wasted on a trial another company has already gone through. The idea is two heads are better than one or in this case, 13 companies are better than one. The coalition made the move after years of almost no advancement into the cause or cure of many neurological diseases. The coalition hopes to form a similar database for Parkinson’s disease as well.

Labels: 4000, database

Those with a greater genetic propensity for the Alzheimer's related APOEe4 protein marker tend to benefit from above-normal amounts of exercise, and they score higher on a variant of the Sternberg test. The findings illustrate that exercise may be an exceptional strategy to manage potential APOEe4 risk.

read the Article

Labels: apoee4, sternberg

A major boost to brain size and intelligence is due to the consumption of fish, which appeared in the diet of early human ancestors around 1.9 million years ago.

One of the practical health science questions of today is whether or not it is worth knowing genetic risk. For example, in the case of Alzheimer's Disease - DNA pioneer James Watson stated he did not want to know his APOEe gene risk.



A statistically minded survey on Cognitive Labs, which is ongoing and has 8,934 respondents so far, finds that people are more interested in their genetic background than other health factors. In fact, 30% of people want to know more about genetic backgound, 25.9% are most concerned with fitness and body, 22.9% are concerned with diet and weight, and 21.9% are most concerned with longevity.

The result is significant - that the interface between genes and other common health concerns is valid and can be extrapolated further.

Labels: apoe, dna, e4, james bond, watson

Keeping the Body in Shape is Important for Men and Women - but What about the Brain? The online experience has started to emerge offline - with brain gyms that offer a fitness center like experience with a cafeteria of options, according to Askmen.

Labels: askmen, brain, gym

Mystery Novelist Agatha Christie, according to a research report, may have had Alzheimer's - revealed by the 20 percent decline in word frequency in her last novel compared to earlier works.

Labels: agatha, christie, novelist