Brain injury can have cognitive, behavioural and emotional consequences, which differ from person to person, Peter McCabe, chief executive of Headway UK, told The Telegraph. It can lead to people exhibiting unpredictable, impulsive or erratic behaviour, particularly when in a stressful or unfamiliar environment. Mr Busey is exhibiting challenging behaviour in the house, which may well be as a result of his brain injury. Busey, who lives in Los Angeles, starred in the action films Lethal Weapon and Point Break and was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar in 1978 for his role in The Buddy Holly Story. Now more famous for his eccentric behaviour and his appearance on reality TV shows, he has attracted the opprobrium of a number of his fellow contestants in the Big Brother house, including Ricci Guarnaccio, who stars in the MTV show Geordie Shore, and James Jordan, a professional dancer who has appeared on BBC Ones Strictly Come Dancing. He has been the butt of several jokes and last night was singled out for stinging criticism by a number of his fellow housemates in face-to-face evictions, in which each contestant was asked to name the person they most wanted to leave the show. In … Continue reading →

By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on August 29, 2014 External stimulation of the brain with electrical current using magnetic pulses has been found to improve memory. Researchers from Northwestern Medicine believe the discovery may signal a new method to treat memory impairments associated with diseases such as stroke, early Alzheimers disease, cardiac arrest, and traumatic brain injury. Additionally, investigators believe the technique may also help memory problems associated with normal aging. We show for the first time that you can specifically change memory functions of the brain in adults without surgery or drugs, which have not proven effective, said senior author Dr.Joel Voss, assistant professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. This noninvasive stimulation improves the ability to learn new things. It has tremendous potential for treating memory disorders. The study will be published in a forthcoming edition of Science. Researcher report the investigation is the first to demonstrate that remembering events requires a collection of many brain regions to work in combination with the hippocampus similar to a symphony orchestra. The electrical stimulation is like giving the brain regions a more talented conductor so they play … Continue reading →

Chicago, Aug 29: For the first time, scientists have shown that they can enhance memory without surgery or drugs, a breakthrough that could help treat memory disorders caused by stroke, Alzheimers and brain injury. Stimulating a particular region in the brain via noninvasive delivery of electrical current using magnetic pulses, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, improves memory, according to a new study by Northwestern University. The discovery opens a new field of possibilities for treating memory impairments caused by conditions such as stroke, earlystage Alzheimers disease, traumatic brain injury, cardiac arrest and the memory problems that occur in healthy ageing. We show for the first time that you can specifically change memory functions of the brain in adults without surgery or drugs, which have not proven effective, said senior author Joel Voss, assistant professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. This non-invasive stimulation improves the ability to learn new things. It has tremendous potential for treating memory disorders, said Voss. The study also is the first to demonstrate that remembering events requires a collection of many brain regions to work in concert with a key memory structure called the hippocampus similar to a symphony orchestra. The … Continue reading →