Studies

Learning languages is a breeze for young children, but once that window of opportunity closes it becomes notoriously difficult. Now, Spanish scientists have shed more light on how we get around this. While it's thought that language is specialised in the left side of the brain, the researchers found that the right side also helps out…
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Story at-a-glance: • Based on past studies, researchers identified multiple pathways, including an increase in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), by which astaxanthin may slow brain aging • Multiple studies also find astaxanthin benefits your vision, skin and heart health, and has antitumor effects • Astaxanthin is called the…
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New brain research shows that writing by hand helps children learn more and remember better. At the same time, schools are becoming more and more digital, and a European survey shows that Norwegian children spend the most time online of 19 countries in the EU. Typing, clicking and watching occupy an increasing number of hours in the…
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Your brain loves to imagine to visualize ideas, find solutions to problems, and clarify your dreams. This creative and imaginative process responds to a number of fascinating neural mechanisms. The neuroscience of imagination tells us that there’s a creative genius within us all. In fact, when it comes to innovation and seeing new…
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Most people tend to look at the cycle of life as inevitable, and while it’s true that none of us can outrun Father Time, there are natural life extenders that can activate longevity pathways to slow the aging process. “Genes are not your destiny,” says Dr. David Sinclair, Ph.D., A.O., on the Dr. Axe show podcast. “… You can modify…
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have added to evidence that the compound farnesol, found naturally in medicinal plants, berries and other fruits prevents and reverses brain damage linked to Parkinson’s disease, as showed in mouse studies. About farnesol Farnesol is a natural 15-carbon organic compound which is an acyclic…
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A study led by University of Georgia researchers found that salt nanoparticles could kill cancer cells and confer anti-cancer immunity. Published in the journal Advanced Materials, the study showed that sodium chloride nanoparticles (SCNPs) could stealthily enter cancer cells and rip them apart from within, causing cell death. The cells’…
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Researchers in Israel claim to have partially reversed cellular aging using a somewhat controversial treatment. While only a small study, it improves our understanding of the aging process in humans. The shortening of telomeres, the caps at the end of each of our chromosomes, is one of the main underlying mechanisms behind aging.…
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Summary: The brain regulates both eating for hunger and pleasure through serotonin-producing neurons in the midbrain, but the different types of feeding are wired by independent circuits that do not influence the other type of feeding, as a study of Baylor College of Medicine demonstrated. Many times we eat, not because we are…
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More than 80 percent of people around the world consider themselves to be religious or spiritual. But research on the neuroscience of spirituality and religiosity has been sparse. Previous studies have used functional neuroimaging, in which an individual undergoes a brain scan while performing a task to see what areas of the brain light…
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