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If you've been telling yourself that the jury is still out in terms of the harm of screen time for preschoolers, the jury might have just returned. New studies done by the Reading & Literacy Discovery ...
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What's in your fast food cheeseburger? If you think you're better off because your food was cooked in soybean oil, it might be time to rethink that. Soybean oil has been marketed as a healthy ...
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The short answer is "no." A German research tea look at the brains of 330 older adults and found that the size of the hippocampus is only beneficial to people who also have more white-matter circuitry ...
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Research published in the January 27, 2020 edition of JNeurosci indicates that iron levels in the brain tissue rise during development and are linked to cognitive abilities. This research on both ...
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You've probably heard that research has shown that the brain clears up waste and updates memories during sleep. But a new study has found that specialized immune cells are hard at work in the brain ...
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Who doesn't love to savor a delicious piece of chocolate or a heaping scoop of ice cream? While it's important to remember that a little bit of sugar is fine in moderation, there is some startling new ...
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February 27 is National “No-Brainer” Day, created to celebrate “no-brainers:” concepts and tasks that are simple, easy and obvious to most people. But for people with learning struggles, tasks ...
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Looking for some ways to boost your child's self-esteem? Try these tips: 1. Remind them of past successes. Highlighting past successes doesn’t have to mean just verbally reminding a child that they ...
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Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine used a laser-assisted imaging tool to discover what happens inside the neurons of mice that are learning something. They found that motor-based learning can occur ...
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A recent article in The New England Journal of Medicine reports that intermittent fasting may benefits the brain by decreasing blood pressure, resting heart rates and blood lipid levels. More ...
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