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...Addenbrooke's psychologists decided to try the device with their patients with memory loss. They found surprising results. While memory-impaired patients who take pictures with traditional cameras often fail to remember the photographed events or activities, those who used SenseCam, which has a wide-angle lens and takes impromptu rather than staged pictures, found their recall to be greatly enhanced. "This isn't rocket science and the device is quite simple but there's something about its spontaneous, wide-angle photographs that seem to mimic the brain's own episodic memory," says Emma Berry, a neuropsychologist working...
...Alzheimer's, the hallmark plaques of the disease are known to target and clog the hippocampus and nearby regions first, which explains why the initial symptoms of the disease involve memory loss - and why early stage patients may have trouble remembering whether they ate breakfast that morning, but can still recognize friends from childhood. Though Berry does not yet have scientific evidence, she strongly believes that low-tech treatments like episodic photography can spark specific and targeted activity in the hippocampus, keeping it active for longer or even regenerating it - and perhaps allowing patients to hold on to new memories...
...National Team Championship were crushed by unassailable No. 1 Trinity on Saturday. After upsetting No. 4 Cornell the day before, the Crimson (7-6, 3-3 Ivy league matches) was absolutely no match for the Bantams. Harvard then wrapped up its trip to Princeton, N.J. with a loss against No. 6 Rochester yesterday afternoon in a consolation match that left Harvard just shy of third place, but not disappointed.“I feel like we had a great weekend,” captain Verdi DeSesa said. “We beat our ranking coming in, which is what...
...straight sets on all six courts.“I haven’t seen us lose that many matches in straight sets that quickly in a long time,” Clayton said. He added that it reminded him of the team’s last 7-0 loss in 2006 at Illinois. NO. 19 MICHIGAN 5, HARVARD 2 Fortune was not on the Crimson’s side on Friday evening. Harvard had to fight not only a top-20 team in Michigan, but also by injury and sickness. With senior Sasha Ermakov stricken with flu, freshman Alistair...
...Friday night’s thrilling win kept the Crimson’s season alive, as a loss would have taken the team out of second place in the Ivy standings and further distanced them from undefeated Dartmouth...