Psychology & Psychiatry
Health and thinking skills linked to same genes, study shows
Genes that influence people's health also shape how effectively they think, a study shows.
Jan 26, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Are children who walk and talk early geniuses in the making?
From rolling over to walking and saying words, most parents will remember the exact age at which their child achieved a certain "milestone". They will often also compare these early "rites of passage" to the progress of a ...
Feb 5, 2016
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Neuroscience
Exercise protocol mitigates one of the most incapacitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Freezing of gait, one of the most incapacitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease, manifests as sudden, short episodes of an inability to move the feet forward despite the intention to walk. Researchers at the University of ...
Sep 15, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Music training may not make children smarter after all: new study
Music training does not have a positive impact on children's cognitive skills, such as memory, and academic achievement, such as maths, reading or writing, according to a study published in Memory & Cognition.
Jul 29, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Video game 'exercise' for an hour a day may enhance certain cognitive skills
Playing video games for an hour each day can improve subsequent performance on cognitive tasks that use similar mental processes to those involved in the game, according to research published March 13 in the open access journal ...
Mar 13, 2013
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Neuroscience
Low vitamin B12 levels may lead to brain shrinkage, cognitive problems
Older people with low levels of vitamin B12 in their blood may be more likely to lose brain cells and develop problems with their thinking skills, according to a study published in the September 27, 2011, print issue of Neurology, ...
Sep 26, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sleep study suggests placebo effect can impact cognitive skills
(Medical Xpress)—A pair of researchers at Colorado College in College Springs, Colorado has shown that fooling people into believing they've had more or less than average amounts of REM sleep can impact their cognitive ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Tuning into brainwave rhythms speeds up learning in adults, study finds
Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person's individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve.
Jan 31, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Education may not protect against dementia as previously thought
Previous studies have suggested that having a higher level of education may protect the brain to some extent against dementia, providing a "cognitive reserve" that buffers against the disease. But results have been mixed, ...
Feb 6, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows mental agility game slows cognitive decline in older people
There may be a way for older people to prevent natural aging of their minds, and it could be as simple as playing a video game.
May 1, 2013
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