Aging-related declining IQ tied to visual processing speed
Declining intelligence as we age appears to be tied in to how fast we can process visual information....
read moreSuperior parenting makes breastfed babies intelligent
A new study out of Brigham Young University says that mothers who breastfeed also tend to respond to their baby’s emotional cues and read to them starting at 9 months of age, and it’s these things that are the...
read moreHealthiest diets at age 50 mean 90 percent lower dementia risk later...
New research found that people who at the healthiest diet at the average age of 50 had an almost 90 percent lower risk of dementia when measured 14 years later, compared to those with whose diet was the least...
read morePoor cardiovascular fitness and low IQ at 18 increases dementia risk...
A study of more than one million Swedish men found that those who had poor cardiovascular fitness and/or a low IQ at age 18 were more likely to suffer from dementia before the age of 60....
read moreNonconcussion head impacts change brain, lower test scores
Even (repeated) head impacts that don’t result in a concussion can cause changes in the brain’s white matter and affect cognitive ability....
read moreEvidence of genetic overlap in schizophrenia and cognitive ability...
A new study has confirmed that schizophrenics have lessened cognitive ability....
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