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10/17/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Cashing in on the growing dementia demographic: NY restaurant introduces “brain healthy” menu
Can one’s diet really prevent someone from suffering from dementia during the later years of their life? This is what a posh new restaurant seeks to answer. The menu at New York restaurant Honeybrains, allegedly contains meals that are good for brain health, enough so that they can lower the risk of you incurring dementia […]
10/11/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Scientists are closer to understanding how your brain stores information
Researchers at the Interdisciplinary Institute for Neurosciences (CNRS/Universite de Bordeaux) and the Bordeaux Imaging Center (CNRS/Universite de Bordeaux/Inserm) have discovered a new process for storing information in synapses and controlling how such information was stored, paving the way for understanding memory’s molecular mechanisms and learning processes. Messages between neurons pass through more than one billion […]
10/01/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Share your struggles to make children more resilient: New research shows even babies can learn to work hard if they see adults work hard
A new study conducted by a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) concluded that infants as young as 15 months are willing to put in the extra effort to accomplish something if they observe adults trying hard to achieve their end goal. “In modern, industrialized cultures, children learn primarily by being instructed in knowledge and […]
09/28/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Asthma medication causes mental health problems, study finds
Researchers from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands found in their recently conducted study that Montelukast, sold in the United States as Singulair – which is a maintenance treatment of asthma and is used to alleviate symptoms of other allergies – can cause nightmares and a score of other mental health issues, such as […]
09/22/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Do you worry? Put down your phone and pick up your diary
Hypochondriacs and extreme worriers, take heed of this advice: Taking the time to write down how you feel may be an effective way to get yourself sorted out and thus go about a stressful task more effectively, a study that was conducted in Michigan State University showed. According to lead author, MSU doctoral student in […]
09/07/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Beeswax found to reduce stress and improve sleep thanks to this remarkable molecule
Octacosanol – which can be found in beeswax, wheat germ oil, rice bran, sugar cane, and other varieties of plants – has been discovered to lessen the effects of stress and encourage a long and restful sleep, scientists said. According to a study published in Scientific Reports, which was conducted by a team from the International […]
08/14/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Calorie restriction found to accelerate learning
A new study that was published on Tuesday, August 1 in the open access journal PLOS Biology found out that dietary restrictions can improve learning ability in worms, finding cause to believe that this theory can be applied to other living organisms. Researchers who were led by Kaveh Ashrafi, Mihir Vohra, and their colleagues at […]
07/29/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Chimpanzees found to accumulate and transfer cultural knowledge from one generation to the next
A study that was recently published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior showed that chimpanzees, which the theory of evolution says are where men are descended from, exhibit “cumulative culture”, or the ability to build on the work of others. Until now, it was thought that only humans, baboons, and pigeons had this ability. In […]
06/28/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Video games really do alter the brain function of our youth
A study that was recently published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience entitled Neural Basis of Video Gaming: A Systematic Review showed that playing video games can alter behavioral patterns, especially those that deal with attention and spatial orientation. The team involved in the study analyzed 122 scientific research pieces: 22 of which looked at developments in […]
06/27/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Chimpanzees observed by scientists are changing their hunting behavior because they know they’re being watched
Researchers at the University of St Andrews in Scotland have observed that two chimpanzee communities in the Budongo Forest in Uganda have vastly different ways of hunting and sharing the meat of the prey that they hunted. The scientists concluded that the difference in hunting styles has something to do with the presence or non-presence of […]
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