In mere milliseconds trillions of chemical reactions ignite signals that travel across the billions of neurons in our brain. As we go through our daily lives and absorb new knowledge […]
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The psychological benefits of working less
The daughter of a friend of mine recently left university and entered the world of work, taking on a temporary office job. At the end of her first week, she […]
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Obesity surgery improves the heart
The benefits of bariatric surgery for obese individuals go beyond weight loss, according to a study presented today at EuroEcho 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology […]
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Dual residence works well when children have a close relationship with both parents
Dual residence, where children live approximately equally with each parent after separation or divorce, works best if the child has influence over the living arrangement and has good and close […]
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Coffee, nicotine and amphetamines activate ‘hot spots’ in the fetal brain
If pregnant women take significant amounts of the psychostimulants coffee, nicotine and amphetamine during pregnancy, their children have a higher risk of developing neurological and psychiatric problems later in life. […]
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By imaging the brain, scientists can predict a person’s aptitude for training
People with specific brain attributes are more likely than others to benefit from targeted cognitive interventions designed to enhance fluid intelligence, scientists report in a new study. Fluid intelligence is […]
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Sleep, but not too much, to boost your heart health
Even if you are a non-smoker who exercises and has no genetic predisposition to cardiovascular disease, skimping on sleep—or getting too much of it—can boost your risk of heart attack, […]
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Improving blood vessel health in the brain may help combat Alzheimer’s
In patients with Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid-beta protein fragments accumulate in the tissue and blood vessels of the brain, likely due to a faulty clearance mechanism. In experiments conducted in mice, […]
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Study shows children can spontaneously recreate core properties of language
A trio of researchers from Stanford University, Leipzig University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has found that young children are able to recreate the core properties of […]
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Online cognitive behavioral therapy for fibromyalgia shows promise
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed an online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for the difficult-to-treat pain syndrome fibromyalgia. In her doctoral thesis, Maria Hedman-Lagerlöf shows that patients who receive […]
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