Topic: Cognitive Science
Eating less may keep the mind young, according to Italian scientists who reported Monday they have discovered the molecular process by which a strict diet may save the brain from the ravages of age.The research, published in the US journal the Proceedings ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Teenagers who spend a lot of time on video-games have different structures and activity levels in areas of the brain that are linked to reward, scientists have found, suggesting they get more out of gaming than people who tend ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children with autism appear to have too many cells in a key area of the brain needed for communication and emotional development, helping to explain why young children with autism often develop brains that are larger than normal, U.S. ...
Youngsters experience huge swings in intelligence during their teenage years, a finding with widespread implications for education, scientists reported on Wednesday.The results will not surprise parents who find their children are a sandwich short of a picnic at one stage of their ...
Does Facebook alter the brain? That's the question which flows from an unusual investigation into the online social network used by 800 million people.Volunteers placed in a 3-D scanner had bigger, denser structures in three areas of the brain if they had ...
At the National Center for Responsible Gaming Conference on Sunday, I got bored and my mind began to wander. That in turn caused me to think about some recent journalism I'd been reading about willpower. Fitting.In fact, there's been a lot written ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Fluctuating levels of the brain chemical serotonin, often brought on when someone hasn't eaten or is stressed, affect brain regions that enable people to regulate anger, scientists said on Thursday.In a study using healthy volunteers, researchers from Britain's Cambridge ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Fluctuating levels of the brain chemical serotonin, often brought on when someone hasn't eaten or is stressed, affect brain regions that enable people to regulate anger, scientists said Thursday.In a study using healthy volunteers, researchers from Britain's Cambridge University ...
US computer giant IBM announced on Thursday that it has developed prototypes of computer chips that mimic the way the human brain works.The Armonk, New York-based company known as "Big Blue" said the experimental "cognitive computing chips" could eventually lead to machines ...
Binge-drinking can have a long-lasting negative effect on the brains of teenaged girls, hitting them harder than it does young boys, a study released Friday shows.Researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Stanford University found that girls who binge-drink ...
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