LearningRx1 brain | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 11

Smoking Linked to Loss of Brain Matter

May 1, 2020 by

We already know that smoking is bad for your lungs. Now researchers have linked cigarette smoking to a loss of gray or what matter in the brain too. The results were published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology....

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Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy may raise ADHD risk

Mar 19, 2020 by

If you or someone you love is pregnant, make sure you’re getting plenty of vitamin D. New research from the University of Turku in Finland has found that the risk of ADHD is 34% higher in children if the...

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Complaining rewires your brain

Mar 17, 2020 by

Patterns become imbedding in your brain and complaining is no exception. Stanford University researcher showed that complaining actually shrinks the hippocampus. That’s the area of the brain we need for intelligent thought and problem-solving....

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Being bilingual may delay Alzheimer’s

Mar 10, 2020 by

A new study by York University has found evidence that being bilingual may delay the symptoms of dementia. Sadly, once Alzheimer’s develops, it progresses much faster in people who are bilingual because the disease becomes more severe....

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Dementia affects English and Italian speakers differently

Feb 25, 2020 by

A small study from a team at the University of California looked at dementia-related language problems in English-speaking and Italian-speaking patients. They found that while the English speakers had difficulty pronouncing words, the Italian speakers simply opted for shorter,...

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Comic books can improve brain function

Jan 23, 2020 by

Because comics use both images, words, sound effects, color, spatial layouts, panel composition and more, researchers say these multimodal cues can stimulate similar processes to the human brain mapping the world around it. Thanks to the brain taking in...

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