When physically demanding activities are performed at high altitude or in other low-oxygen environments, excellent coordination, judgment, and decision-making are important. In some cases, such as when mountaineering, these ...
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It has long been thought that when walking is combined with a task—both suffer. Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester found that this is not always the case. Some young and ...
Jun 21, 2022
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The right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (R-DLPFC) in the brain plays a key role in cognitive control—decision making, memory processing, task planning, etc. New research suggests that cognitive control underlies how stutterers ...
Jun 2, 2022
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For post-op heart surgery patients, the road to recovery can often be slow and frustrating, but new research conducted by Swinburne could have patients looking at their rehab charts with a new level of optimism.
May 31, 2022
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We humans lose mental acuity as an unfortunate side effect of aging. And for individuals with neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, the loss of cognitive function, often accompanied by mood disorders ...
May 16, 2022
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have studied how the screen habits of U.S. children correlates with how their cognitive abilities develop over time. They found that the children who spent an above-average time ...
May 13, 2022
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The physical sensations that accompany sadness can feel as undesirable as they are intense—a constriction of the chest, watery eyes and a raw throat, to name a few.
Apr 20, 2022
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Medical advances are causing a gradual increase in average life expectancy. However, this comes at a price, as the number of cases of dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases grows with age. Researchers from HSE University ...
Apr 11, 2022
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A small, preliminary study of an investigational new drug being studied for mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease suggests it is safe and may be associated with improvements in executive ...
Mar 31, 2022
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In the course of Alzheimer's disease, two proteins called amyloid and tau accumulate in the brain. A DZNE study with more than 200 participants now provides insights into the interaction of these pathological phenomena. The ...
Mar 30, 2022
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