/channels/taxonomy/term/12439/all en /channels/news/new-study-explains-cognitive-ability-differences-among-elderly-226981 <p><span><span><i>Study compares data from hundreds of people in childhood and old age</i></span></span></p> <p></p> <p><span><span>A new study shows compelling evidence that associations between cognitive ability and cortical grey matter in old age can largely be accounted for by cognitive ability in childhood.  The joint study by the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, The Neuro, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and the University of Edinburgh, UK was published today, June 4 in <i>Molecular Psychiatry</i>. </span></span></p> <p></p> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:23:33 +0000 webfull 96863 at /channels /channels/news/smoking-thins-vital-part-brain-241649 <p>Years ago, children were warned that smoking could stunt their growth, but now a major study by an international team including the Montreal Neurological Institute at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and the University of Edinburgh shows new evidence that long-term smoking could cause thinning of the brain’s cortex. The cortex is the outer layer of the brain in which critical cognitive functions such as memory, language and perception take place. Interestingly, the findings also suggest that stopping smoking helps to restore at least part of the cortex’s thickness.</p> Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:28:50 +0000 webfull 108093 at /channels