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Study finds adults with mild cognitive decline assigned puzzles showed les
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study by researchers from Columbia University and Duke University published in the journal NEJM Evidence shows that doing crossword puzzles has an advantage over computer video games for memory functioning in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.
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Researchers explain how some fireflies flash in sync
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Stake out in Pennsylvania's Cook State Forest at the right time of year and you can see one of nature's great light shows: swarms of fireflies that synchronize their flashes like strings of Christmas lights in the dark.
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Research finds gut-brain connection for social behavior
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Social behavior is a complex phenomenon involving many parts of the brain. Researchers found that gut microorganisms cut out excess connections in brain circuits for social development.
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Researchers reveal how parasite injects protein into nucleus of immune cel
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The diverse functions of immune cells in the body are extremely rigorously controlled in order to combat infections. How Toxoplasma infects so many people and animal species and spreads so quickly has long been a mystery to scientists.
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Research finds how single brain hemisphere can support words, face recogni
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
During recent brain plasticity and visual perception research, it was found that individuals who had had surgery as children to remove half of their brains correctly detected differences between words or faces more than 80 per cent of the time.
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Researchers uncover brain waves related to social behaviour
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered electrical brain-wave patterns given off during social interactions in mice. They also observed that mice showing signs of stress, depression, or autism lacked these brain waves. The results reveal more about the mechanisms underlying brain activity when socializi
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Neurofeedback shows promise for addressing 'chemo brain': Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Restoring normal functioning in the brains of cancer patients through neurofeedback could potentially alleviate the mental fogginess that many report after treatment, according to a new pilot study from UCLA researchers.
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Study: Anxiety, depression are linked to early fears
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Recent findings highlight different mechanisms in the brain and relate them to who is at greater risk for developing different mental health issues
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Cellular housekeeping process implicated in fatal neurological disorder Hu
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Huntington's disease, a fatal, inherited neurodegenerative condition, is caused by a genetic error present at birth, though its symptoms often don't begin until middle adulthood. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been trying to understand how the ageing
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Study finds how words and face recognition can be adequately supported wit
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The findings, published by University of Pittsburgh researchers today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), is the first-ever attempt to characterize neuroplasticity in humans and understand whether a single brain hemisphere can perform functions typically split betw
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Uttarakhand CM participates in two-day 'brainstorming' seesion
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami explained the model of e-Security of Uttarakhand during the Chintan Shivir.
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Analysis of newborn hearing can forecast 12-month neurophysiological devel
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Portuguese researchers have proven that hearing assessment in early-age infants can help predict milestones and early detection of neurodevelopmental disorder markers.
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