All Posts: brain research
21 Articles
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More People Now Die at Home After Stroke Than in Medical Facilities
A new analysis finds a significant uptick in the number of people dying at home due to ischemic stroke compared to inpatient medical facilities, and when not at home, individuals…
April 9, 2025
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Abnormal Brain Structure Identified in Children with Developmental Language Problems
A rigorous analysis of numerous studies concludes that a part of the brain traditionally associated with movement is abnormal in children with developmental language impairments,…
March 15, 2024
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A New Understanding of How the Brain Processes and Stores Words We Hear
Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists say the brain’s auditory lexicon, a catalog of verbal language, is actually located in the front of the primary auditory…
July 5, 2023
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New Finding Suggests Cognitive Problems Caused by Repeat Mild Head Hits Could Be Treated
WASHINGTON (May 10, 2021) — A neurologic pathway by which non-damaging but high frequency brain impact blunts normal brain function and causes long-term problems with learning…
May 10, 2021
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Art Installation Illustrates Dyslexic Brains at Work
(January 14, 2021) — When a person practices a skill, the neural representations in the relevant parts of the brain change, allowing the person to perform the skill better.…
January 14, 2021
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Tweaking AI Software to Function Like a Human Brain Improves Computer’s Learning Ability
WASHINGTON (January 12, 2021) — Computer-based artificial intelligence can function more like human intelligence when programmed to use a much faster technique for learning new…
January 12, 2021
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Study of Reaching and Grasping with Hand or Foot Reveals Novel Brain Insights
WASHINGTON (October 26, 2020) — People born without upper limbs who use their feet to reach for an item engage the same area in the brain that people with hands use to reach…
October 26, 2020
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Children Use Both Brain Hemispheres to Understand Language, Unlike Adults
WASHINGTON (September 7, 2020) — Infants and young children have brains with a superpower, of sorts, say Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists. Whereas adults…
September 7, 2020
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Nilotinib Appears Safe and Affects Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial
WASHINGTON (May 29, 2020) — A Georgetown University Medical Center clinical trial investigating the cancer drug nilotinib in people with Alzheimer’s disease finds that it is…
May 29, 2020
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Georgetown’s José Merino Becomes Editor-In-Chief of the World’s Leading Clinical Neurology Journal
(April 18, 2020) — José G. Merino, MD, MPhil, FAHA, FAAN, professor of neurology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, became interested in medical journals as a…
April 18, 2020