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Study suggests direct current stimulation over brain's Wernicke area can b
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 24 (ANI): Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), which is a non-invasive way of stimulating the brain over the Wernicke's area, may lead to new assistive neurotechnologies for the rehabilitation of people with cognitive disorders in future, a new study has f
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New evidence suggests that Neanderthals buried their dead
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI): Is the concept of the burial of dead exclusive to our species or was it something that our closest ancient relatives, the Neanderthals practised? A new study indicates in favour of the latter hypothesis, but some scientists still remain a sceptic.
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Neanderthal thumbs better adapted to holding tools with handles
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 26 (ANI): Neanderthal thumbs were better adapted to holding tools in the same way that Homo Sapiens hold a hammer, according to a paper published in Scientific Reports.
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Cocoa flavanols boost brain oxygenation, cognition in healthy adults
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 24 (ANI): The brains of healthy adults recovered faster from a mild vascular challenge and performed better on complex tests if the participants consumed cocoa flavanols beforehand, researchers report in the journal Scientific Reports.
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New study explains why heart failure patients suffer depression
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 6 (ANI): Patients related to heart diseases often experience difficulty in thinking and likely suffer depression, a new study explains. The study published in the Journal 'Scientific Reports', also points out prevention for the same.
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Nicotine addiction while pregnant alters genes: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): The Akay Lab biomedical research team at the University of Houston has reported in the journal Nature Scientific Reports that a possible cure for addiction may be found by following the pathways of significantly altered dopamine neurons in newborns who wer
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Slippery packaging to cut food waste
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] August 03(ANI): A lot of food items come in small plastic packets, making it difficult to squeeze content out. The Food left behind in plastic packaging contributes to the millions of pounds of perfectly edible food that Americans throw out every year.
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'Selfish brains' take priority while competing with muscle power
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], October 23 (ANI): Metabolically, human brains are way expensive. They take a lot of energy to run and keeping our sophisticated grey matter going comes at an evolutionary cost.
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Stress as unhealthy as junk food
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], October 17 (ANI): As much as lack of nutrition is causing harm to your body, stress does too.
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Language barrier hinders new findings to global science, says study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 31 (ANI): A new study finds that despite English being considered the common language of global science, over 30 percent of new scientific reports are published other languages due to which many major findings have been overlooked.
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Two tools boost effectiveness of behavioral therapy in autistic child
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 16 (ANI): In a recent study published in Translational Psychiatry and Scientific Reports, researchers identified two tools that can help a large number of children with autism spectrum disorder through behavioral therapy.
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Brain witnesses special activities when mother, autistic child gaze each o
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.15 (ANI): A recent study, published online in Scientific Reports, an American journal, has found that special activities occur in the brains while mother and her child with autism spectrum disorder are gazing each other.
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