Dogs’ IQs may offer clues to human cognitive decline
An assessment of 68 border collies’ IQs helped shed insight into humans and dementia....
read moreChocolate may boost cognitive function
A new study published in the journal “Appetite” found that people who ate chocolate at least once a week performed significantly better on all cognitive tasks compared to people who never or rarely ate chocolate....
read moreFixing sleep apnea even helps kids with higher IQs
A new study suggests that it’s just as important to pay attention to snoring, labored breathing and other symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea in high-performing kids as those with learning struggles....
read moreIQ as we age linked to spotting things quickly
Researchers in the UK tested the visual processing of people at ages 70, 73 and 76 and found that those whose visual processing was the fastest were more likely to stay mentally acute later in life....
read moreHigh thyroid hormone in pregnancy can affect baby’s brain...
A new study has found that high maternal thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy can negatively affect the baby’s IQ later in childhood....
read moreUSP9X gene plays critical role in brain development
Researchers have confirmed that the USP9X gene—which has been linked to low IQ—is critical to the early stages of brain development....
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