TORONTO It began with the typical COVID-19 symptoms for Angela Griffin back in March 2020. She developed a sore throat, headache, fatigue, body aches, and a tightness in her chest. When she visited the ER, she was unable to get tested for the disease because they were only testing health-care workers, recent travellers, and close contacts of confirmed cases at the time. However, the doctors told her she was clinically positive for COVID-19 based on her symptoms and to assume she was infected. That was only the beginning of what Griffin has described as a ârollercoaster of symptomsâ she has experienced since her initial illness, including migraines, body aches, chills, fever, shortness of breath, brain fog, fast heart rate, insomnia, and dizziness.
Scientists receive prestigious grant to explore the effects of prior knowledge on learning and memory
The Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded a team of scientists at Baycrest s Rotman Research Institute (RRI) a prestigious grant to determine why having prior knowledge on a topic affects how we learn new, related information as we age.
This research will pave the way for optimizing the use of prior knowledge to preserve and improve memory as we get older, ultimately helping older adults live life to the fullest. Prior knowledge has been shown in animals to transform the cortex - that is, the outer layers of the brain - from being a slow learner to a fast integrator of new knowledge related to old knowledge. With our research, we aim to determine whether a similar process takes place in the human brain and whether this can help offset age-related memory decline.
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The Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded a team of scientists at Baycrest s Rotman Research Institute (RRI) a prestigious grant to determine why having prior knowledge on a topic affects how we learn new, related information as we age. This research will pave the way for optimizing the use of prior knowledge to preserve and improve memory as we get older, ultimately helping older adults live life to the fullest. Prior knowledge has been shown in animals to transform the cortex - that is, the outer layers of the brain - from being a slow learner to a fast integrator of new knowledge related to old knowledge. With our research, we aim to determine whether a similar process takes place in the human brain and whether this can help offset age-related memory decline, says Dr. Gilboa, a senior scientist at the RRI, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and the principal investigator on the study.
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