Archive: 11/10/2012

Prospective Alzheimer's drug builds new brain cell connections

Washington State University researchers have developed a new drug candidate that dramatically improves the cognitive function of rats with Alzheimer's-like mental impairment.

Oct 11, 2012

How food marketers can help consumers eat better while improving their bottom line

Food marketers are masters at getting people to crave and consume the foods that they promote. In this study authors Dr. Brian Wansink, co-director of the Cornell University Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition ...

Oct 11, 2012

The Marshmallow Study revisited: Delaying gratification depends as much on nurture as on nature

For the past four decades, the "marshmallow test" has served as a classic experimental measure of children's self-control: will a preschooler eat one of the fluffy white confections now or hold out for two later?

Oct 11, 2012

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