Facebook concepts indicate brains of Alzheimer's patients aren't as networked
Friday, June 27, 2008 - 02:56
in Health & Medicine
This is your brain on Facebook. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine used concepts borrowed from the popular social networking site to analyze the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. They found that patients' brains were less well-connected than the brains of people without the disorder.
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