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Forage Longer for Berries, Study on Age-Related Memory Decline Suggests
April 16, 2013 Like birds which stop foraging too early on a berry-laden bush, a new study suggests older people struggle to recall items because they flit too often between ‘patches’ in their ... > full story -
Politicians Found to Be More Risk-Tolerant Than the General Population
April 16, 2013 According to a recent study, the popularly elected members of the German Bundestag are substantially more risk-tolerant than the broader population of ... > full story -
Stimulating the Brain Blunts Cigarette Craving
April 16, 2013 Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths globally. Unfortunately smoking cessation is difficult, with more than 90% of attempts to quit resulting in ... > full story -
Cholesterol Increases Risk of Alzheimer's and Heart Disease
April 15, 2013 Using insights gained from studying two much rarer disorders, Down Syndrome and Niemann Pick-C disease, researchers found that cholesterol wreaks havoc on the orderly process of cell division, ... > full story -
Autism Model in Mice Linked With Genetics
April 15, 2013 For the first time, researchers have linked autism in a mouse model of the disease with abnormalities in specific regions of the animals’ ... > full story -
Bad Decisions Arise from Faulty Information, Not Faulty Brain Circuits
April 15, 2013 Researchers have found that it might be the information rather than the brain's decision-making process that is to blame. The researchers report that erroneous decisions tend to arise from errors, or ... > full story -
Training the Brain to Improve on New Tasks
April 15, 2013 A brain-training task that increases the number of items an individual can remember over a short period of time may boost performance in other problem-solving tasks by enhancing communication between ... > full story -
Drug Could Improve Working Memory of People With Autism, Study Finds
April 15, 2013 Investigators found that propranolol, a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure, anxiety and panic, improves the working memory performance of individuals with autism spectrum ... > full story -
The Bigger the Group, the Smaller the Chance of Interracial Friendship
April 15, 2013 The larger the group, the smaller the chance of forming interracial friendships, a new study ... > full story -
National Study of Scientist-Educators Reveals Surprises in Training, Funding
April 15, 2013 The first large-scale study of US science faculty with education specialties concludes that their training and funding vary considerably depending on their college or ... > full story
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