While the response to numbers may be an evolutionary trait we share with some animals, our ability to perceive language and digits underpins our advanced mathematical skills.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Adding Color to Your Plate May Lower Risk of Cognitive Decline
A diet that consists of at least half a serving of flavonoid-rich foods per day reduces the risk of cognitive decline in older adults by 20%.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Why It Hurts to See Others Suffer: Pain and Empathy Linked in the Brain
Reducing sensitivity to physical pain resulted in a reduction of pain empathy toward others, a study found. The results suggest a possible neurobiological link between pain and empathy.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Science of ‘Mind-Reading’: How Well Do We Understand Others?
Researchers investigate mentalizing, or how we are able to understand what another person is thinking, and how this process differs from empathy.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Where You Live Can Greatly Affect Your Heart and Brain Health
The neighborhood you live in could have an impact on your brain and cardiovascular health, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Autophagy May Be the Key to Finding Treatments for Early Huntington’s Disease
Disruption of autophagy may be at the root of the cognitive deficits experienced by those with Huntington’s disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Emotion, Cooperation and Locomotion Crucial From an Early Age
Emotional knowledge, cooperative social behavior, and locomotor activity are three key skills for promoting numerical learning in young children.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Spending Time Outdoors Has a Positive Effect on Our Brains
Brain structure and mood improve when people spend time outdoors. This has positive implications for concentration, memory, and overall psychological wellbeing.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Variety of Factors Beyond Age Influence Reaction Time
A new study reveals a number of different factors, including smoking, age, education levels, sex, handedness, and family medical history, which can have an impact on reaction time.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Species of Gut Bacteria Linked to Enhanced Cognition and Language Skills in Infant Boys
Infant boys with a gut bacterial composition high in Bacteroidetes were found to have more advanced cognitive and language skills one year later compared to boys with lower levels of the bacteria.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: You Can Snuggle Wolf Pups All You Want, They Still Won’t ‘Get’ You Quite Like Your Dog
After 14,000 years of domestication, dogs have an edge in both cognition and people-reading skills over wolves.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Brain Mechanism That Automatically Links Objects in Our Minds Identified
Combining machine learning with neuroimaging data, researchers identified a brain region that appears to govern contextual associations.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Digital Pens Provide New Insight Into Cognitive Testing Results
Performing written cognitive tests with a digital pen allowed researchers to identify differences between “thinking” and “writing” times that may be early biomarkers for cognitive and motor decline.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Key Role of Astrocytes in Cognitive Development
Study reveals the role astrocytes play in the crucial closing period of brain plasticity following birth. The findings could help in the development of strategies to reintroduce plasticity in the adult brain.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Associates Organic Food Intake in Childhood With Better Cognitive Development
Children whose diet included more organic foods scored better on tests of fluid intelligence and working memory, a new study reveals.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: IQ Tests Can’t Measure It, but ‘Cognitive Flexibility’ Is Key to Learning and Creativity
Cognitive flexibility, an ability to switch between different concepts, or adapt behavior to achieve goals in a novel or changing environment, is a key player in both learning and creativity.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: More Seniors May Have Undiagnosed Dementia Than Previously Thought
Nine out of ten older adults who reported symptoms of cognitive decline associated with dementia did not have a clinical diagnosis of neurodegeneration.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Inflammatory Proteins May Slow Cognitive Decline in Aging Adults
Higher levels of two cytokines were associated with slower cognitive decline in aging adults, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Self-Reported Declines in Cognition May Be Linked to Changes in Brain Connectivity
Self-reported cognitive decline was associated with altered functional connectivity in the hippocampus and dorsal anterior insular, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Exam Performance at Sixteen Linked to Child’s Enjoyment of School Aged Six
Children who reported higher levels of school enjoyment at age six score, on average, 14.4 more GCSE exam points at age 16, and were 29% more likely to gain five or more A* – C grades than those who reported lower enjoyment at school.
