Neuroscience

Diabetes in middle age may lead to brain cell loss later in life

People who develop diabetes and high blood pressure in middle age are more likely to have brain cell loss and other damage to the brain, as well as problems with memory and thinking skills, than people who never have diabetes ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Toddlers are creative at just two years old

Psychologists at the University of Sheffield and the University of Stirling teamed up to discover when children begin thinking divergently.

Health

'Lean thinking' – the way to improving the NHS for patients

A management system devised so that giant car manufacturers could stay ahead of the competition has been adapted by a University of Huddersfield professor to help the NHS make the best use of its budget and respond as closely ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Electronic devices could be a detriment to spatial cognition

What do a commuter taking a detour on the way to work and a youngster fashioning a bird out of a sheet of brightly colored paper have in common? They're both depending on spatial cognition to complete a task.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Exercise spawns creative thinking

People who exercise regularly are better at creative thinking. This is the outcome of research by Leiden cognitive psychologist Lorenza Colato. She published an article on this subject in the scientific magazine Frontiers ...

Neuroscience

Brain still injured from concussion after symptoms fade

After a mild concussion, special brain scans show evidence of brain abnormalities four months later, when symptoms from the concussion have mostly dissipated, according to research published in the November 20, 2013, online ...

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