The Peanut Butter Test For Alzheimers

Dan Nosowitz: "The ability to smell is associated with the first cranial nerve and is often one of the first things to be affected in cognitive decline," reads this release from the University of Florida, researchers from which conducted the experiment. But with Alzheimer's patients, the sense of smell is affected in a very particular way: The left nostril is significantly more impaired than the right. Weird! But true. The experiment involved capping one nostril and measuring the distance at...
Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Tags: Front Page neuropsychology neuroscience & Psychoanalysis Source Type: blogs