
Breakthrough in Alzheimer's Disease
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Researchers study brain patterns of stuttering patients at UTSA.
Cutting edge research into brain activity patterns that affect stuttering could lead to breakthroughs in optimizing brain functions for a wide variety of people including Alzheimer's patients. We go to the University of Texas at San Antonio cognitive neuroscience lab for a firsthand look at this research in action.
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Breakthrough in Alzheimer's Disease
Clip: Season 5 Episode 21 | 4m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Cutting edge research into brain activity patterns that affect stuttering could lead to breakthroughs in optimizing brain functions for a wide variety of people including Alzheimer's patients. We go to the University of Texas at San Antonio cognitive neuroscience lab for a firsthand look at this research in action.
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