How many of you, particularly those aged 55 and older, think that dementia is inevitable? Dementia consists of a group of diseases effecting the brain, like Alzheimer’s Disease, that tend to progress as one ages. But, to answer the question, no, dementia is NOT inevitable. Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine looks into some of these […]
Memories: The Brain and the Research
Last week we learned a little about the science of memory. Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine continues the topic of memory. Our guest, psychologist and neuroscientist at UW-Madison Brad Postle, is back to tell us more. In his conversation with PNM’s Dennis Shaffer, Brad mentions that each memory has its own set of neurons, connections, […]
Revisiting Brain Imaging and Schizophrenia
On this episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine, reporter Dennis Shaffer looks into research into mapping the schizophrenic brain by various brain imaging technologies. Longtime PNM volunteer Mark Young died from schizophrenia in November 2012. But in December 2010 he did a show on this topic with UW-Madison clinical psychiatrist Michael Peterson and research assistant […]
