Brain exercise boosts IQ?
30/4/2008 |
A group of neuropsychologists claims it has found a task that can add points to a person's IQ, the New Scientist reports.
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Alcohol's effect on the brain
30/4/2008 |
Results from the first human brain imaging study of alcohol’s effect on the response of neuronal circuits to threatening stimuli have just been published.
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High BMI bad for brain
30/4/2008 |
Middle-aged people who are overweight or obese have lower levels of certain brain chemicals that signal good brain health and function.
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Praise as good as cash to brain
24/4/2008 |
Paying people a compliment appears to activate the same reward centre in the brain as paying them cash, researchers found.
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Social status affects your health
24/4/2008 |
Can your social status have an impact on your health? New research shows that one's position in the social pecking order has a big influence on one's physical and mental health.
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Worry spot found in brain
14/4/2008 |
Stanford researchers report that worrying about something before it happens might do more than just create knots in your stomach.
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Cup of tea good for the brain
14/4/2008 |
A cup of tea slows down cell degeneration and keeps the mind sharp into old age, a published report claimed.
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Dyslexia different in China
8/4/2008 |
Chinese- and English-speaking dyslexics have different neurological deficits, according to a new study.
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Eye drops explore brain
31/3/2008 |
Researchers have developed gene probe eye drops that make it possible to monitor and detect tissue repair in the brains of living organisms using MRI scans.
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Virtual massage for phantom limb
20/3/2008 |
An amputee could be "cured" of phantom limb pain by tricking the brain into reacting to the sight of someone else performing soothing, massage-like gestures.
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