Less ADHD in children of moms who took Vitamin D while pregnant...
Pregnant women who took vitamin D gave birth to children who had fewer ADHD symptoms at the age of 2.5 years....
read moreSSRIs during pregnancy linked to child’s language and speech disorders...
New findings published in JAMA Psychiatry indicate that children born to mothers who took selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors while pregnant may be at greater risk for speech and language disorders....
read moreCognitive function tests are reliable for people with intellectual disabilities...
The UC Davis MIND Institute has found that a battery of tests seems to accurately measure cognitive changes over time for people with Fragile X, Down Syndrome and autism, among other intellectual disabilities....
read moreLong-term alcohol dependence affects cognitive abilities
Research published in Research Society on Alcoholism found that a lifetime history of alcohol dependence is linked to lasting negative consequences for neurocognitive function....
read morePoverty paves the way to cognitive aging
A new study that looked at the impact of economic hardships on people ages 18 to 30. They found that over 25 years, there was a strong correlation between time spent in poverty and decline in cognitive function....
read moreWhat’s LearningRx? Watch the video!
What is LearningRx personal brain training and why does it work? LearningRx one-on-one brain training focuses on a set of seven cognitive skills that allow us to learn easier, think faster, and perform better: http://www.learningrx.com. This video explains what these...
read moreBrain benefitted by exercise—unless there’s been mercury exposure...
Although for most people, aerobic exercise increases cognitive processing and short-term memory, people exposed to high levels of mercury before birth do not reap the same benefits from aerobic exercise....
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