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Study finds education with goal-oriented activities encourages students to
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 8 (ANI): Consuming fast food and meals away from home is linked to an increase in adult obesity; this unhealthy eating habit is frequently formed during the crucial period of early adulthood. According to a study, weekly food challenges and cooking demonstrati
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Study discovers drug for Alzheimer's disease without inflammatory side eff
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Daejeon [South Korea], August 4 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved Aduhelm, a monoclonal antibody that targets amyloid beta (A), as the first Alzheimer's disease treatment (AD). Its impact on cognitive improvement, however, is controversial.
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Education, employment, and social interaction may assist in preventing cog
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Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): Why do some people with amyloid plaques in their brains, associated with Alzheimer's disease, show no signs of the disease, while others with the same amount of plaque have clear memory and thinking problems? Researchers looked at genetic and life course fact
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Study: Genetic variation within and between species to affect animal menta
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Tokyo [Japan], August 5 (ANI): Our cognitive and emotional processes depend heavily on monoamine neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine. Their evolutionary ancestors were metazoans, and while related genes' functions have remained mostly unchanged over time, genetic variation within a
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Researchers find drug for Alzheimer's disease without inflammatory side ef
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Daejeon [South Korea], August 4 (ANI): Aduhelm, a monoclonal antibody that targets amyloid beta (A), was recently found by the US Food and Drug Administration as the first treatment for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its impact on cognitive improvement is still debatable.
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Getting less than nine hours of sleep can cause serious mental problems in
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Washington [US], July 31 (ANI): According to a new study, getting less than nine hours of sleep in a day leads to cognitive impairment, mental problems and less grey matter in brain regions.
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Bumblebees balance pain perception with pursuit of food
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Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], July 27 (ANI): A new study discovered that bumblebees can modulate behavior to negotiate a trade-off between the perception of harmful stimuli and the pursuit of food. Mammals can modulate their responses to noxious stimuli, such that pain perception does not i
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Researchers find variations in brain activity of children with and without
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Chappel Hill (North Carolina) [US], July 26 (ANI): It's not simply a professional skill to multitask. It requires something known as cognitive flexibility, or the capacity to seamlessly switch between different brain processes, and it is essential to functioning as a person. Researchers fro
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Early childhood enrichment may help reverse effects of lead poisoning: Stu
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Pennsylvania [US], July 25 (ANI): Over 3,500 genes in the hippocampus, a region of the brain important to learning and memory, are impacted by lead poisoning, according to a new study from Thomas Jefferson University.
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Does physical and mental exertion have different effects on men and women'
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Minneapolis [US], July 24 (ANI): Studies have shown that maintaining cognitive function and preventing dementia can be accomplished by participating in both mental and physical activities. A recent study found that these benefits might vary across men and women. The study has been made avail
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Benefits of physical, mental activity on thinking differ in men and women?
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Minneapolis [US], July 21 (ANI): Studies have demonstrated that engaging in both physical and mental activities can prevent dementia and maintain cognitive function. According to a recent study, these advantages can differ for men and women. The research has been published online in the medi
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Study: Tracking everyday movement patterns may aid in diagnosing dementia
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Baltimore [US], July 20 (ANI): According to recent research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, wearable movement-tracking technologies may one day be helpful in giving older persons early signs of cognitive loss.
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