Prenatal stress alters gut bacteria to cause cognitive problems in offspring...
There’s new evidence that prenatal stress can harm the baby well into adulthood due to the maternal gut bacteria....
read moreHow teens learn differently than adults
The results of research published in Neuron indicate that teens have a unique feature of their brain that allows them to learn and form memories via the coordinated activity of two distinct brain regions....
read moreLanguage acquisition enhances brain plasticity and capacity for learning...
New research using EEGs has found that the more foreign languages a person learns, the faster their brain responds and processes the data it absorbs during learning....
read moreStudy finds brain connections key to reading
MIT researchers have found that pathways that exist even more a child learns to read may determine development of the brain’s word-recognition area. They found that they could predict the exact location where each child’s visual word form area...
read moreReading books could extend lifespan by up to 2 years
Yale University School of Public Health researchers have found that book reading increased survival by up to 23% in a study of American adults aged 50 and older. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/312167.php...
read moreAbility to turn off genes in brain is crucial for memory and learning...
By studying mice, scientists have learned that if genes get stuck in the “on” position, the brain’s wiring can be negatively affected, causing serious consequences for learning and memory....
read more