Physical activity is good for your appetite, too
Not only does exercise help burn those extra calories, but it can also have a protective effect against overeating, a new study reports.... Read More...
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Train your brain to eat less sugar
A new brain training game in which players navigate a grocery store, earning rewards for selecting healthy food options, may help to reduce the desire to give into sugar cravings. Participants who had higher initial preferences for sugary foods lost as much as 3.1% body weight following daily gameplay.... Read More...
What Makes Some People Creative Thinkers and Others Analytical
Researchers report the different cognitive styles of creative and analytical thinkers are a result of fundamental differences in neural activity that can be observed when people are not working on a problem.... Read More...
How Brain Signals Travel to Drive Language Performance
Transcranial magnetic stimulation allows researchers to better understand how brain networks interact to make word choice decisions.... Read More...
Content of Service Members’ Art Linked to Their Trauma Levels
Researchers discover a correlation between clinical symptoms of PTSD, depression and anxiety in visual self expression masks service members were asked to create during art therapy.... Read More...
Lab Grown Neurons Improve Breathing Following Spinal Cord Injury: Mouse Study
By transplanting V2a interneurons, researchers improved respiratory function in mice with spinal cord injuries, a new study reports.... Read More...
New Parts of the Brain Become Active After Students Learn Physics
A neuroimaging study reveals brain areas not commonly associated with science learning become active when people complete physics problems.... Read More...
Reading the Minds of Pilots
Study shows pilots in real flight conditions made more errors and had higher anterior prefrontal cortex activation than those who were placed in a simulator, when completing cognitively demanding tasks.... Read More...
Epigenetic Balance Reinstates Memory in Fly Model of Alzheimer’s
A new study reports researchers have successfully reversed memory loss in fly models of Alzheimer's disease by restoring the balance between to enzymes that regulate gene expression.... Read More...
Little Wasp Bodies Means Little Wasp Brain Regions
Drexel University researchers reveal that while evolution may have allowed for bigger brains, some regions may not have kept up with the growth.... Read More...
Can’t Switch Focus? Your Brain May Not Be Wired For It
A new study reveals why some people find it more difficult than others to meet switching demands and change focus as efficiently.... Read More...
Multivitamin Use During Pregnancy Linked to Lower Autism With Intellectual Disability Risk
According to Drexel University researchers, mothers who took multivitamins during pregnancy were 30% less likely to have children who develop autism with intellectual disability. However, researchers note the occurrence of autism without intellectual disability was not affected by the use of prenatal multivitamins.... Read More...