Schizophrenia, a brain disorder that produces hallucinations, delusions, and cognitive impairments, usually strikes during adolescence or young adulthood. While some signs can suggest that a person is at high risk for developing ...
Nov 8, 2018
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(HealthDay)—People who feel younger than their age show fewer signs of brain aging than those who feel their age or older than their age, according to a small study published recently in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.
Aug 10, 2018
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Insight is that "a-ha!" moment when we get a joke, recognize a hidden image in Where's Waldo, or solve a problem. The Greek mathematician and scientist Archimedes is said to have jumped from his bath and run through the streets ...
Jul 4, 2018
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Older adults often complain about forgetting, but Penn State psychologists suggest that another problem may be misremembering.
Mar 21, 2018
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Amazon recently announced that its language assistant Alexa is now able to recognise voices. What is celebrated as a tech revolution is an everyday process for our brain. So far, it has been unclear as to which areas of the ...
Dec 22, 2017
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Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have proven that physical fitness in children may affect their brain structure, which in turn may have an influence on their academic performance. More specifically, the researchers ...
Nov 21, 2017
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In a study of adolescent boys and girls, neuroscientists at Penn State and Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have found a sex difference in a gene linked to substance use disorders.
Nov 15, 2017
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Humans are exquisitely skilled at perceiving spoken words, even when speakers' voices are intermittently overwhelmed by noise, as happens in the din of construction sites or on busy urban streets. Now, in a study conducted ...
Dec 21, 2016
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Learning a second language is easier for some adults than others, and innate differences in how the various parts of the brain "talk" to one another may help explain why, according to a study published January 20 in the Journal ...
Jan 19, 2016
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For years a key way of diagnosing dyslexia has been how well a person reads aloud. Similarly, the reading skills of adult readers also have been assessed by having them read words aloud. "The idea is that the more you read ...
Jul 15, 2014
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