Glucose Changes in Type 1 Diabetes May Affect Thinking Speed
In type 1 diabetes, glucose fluctuations were linked with cognitive processing speed, but not sustained attention, researchers reported. According to data collected every 5 minutes from continuous glucose monitors, large fluctuations in glucose were associated with slower processing speed as measured by digital symptom matching reaction time, Zoë Hawks, PhD, of McLean Hospital in Belmont, […]
Untangling mixed (neural) signals: New research shows how ‘polyglot’ neurons encode and decode sensorimotor ‘chatter’
During sensorimotor processing in the brain, neurons are constantly bombarded with information from other neurons. When we use our eyes to interact with our environment, thousands of neurons communicate with each other to make sense of all the information coming in and react to it: If someone throws you a ball, your eyes track the […]