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Study finds video game interventions improve key aspects of cognition in aging adults
California: Scientists have developed a set of video game interventions that improve key aspects of cognition in ageing adults after more than a decade of research. UC San Francisco’s Neuroscape Center published…
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Study finds feeling of inferiority, damaged self-esteem among children
California: A group of psychologists conducted a study over 70 years ago in which they asked young Black girls to choose between black and white dolls. The girls overwhelmingly chose white dolls…
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Study identifies what brings human senses and thoughts together
Washington: Human’s ability to think, decide, remember recent events and more, comes from the human brain’s neocortex. Now neuroscientists have discovered key aspects of the mechanisms behind these functions. Their findings could…
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Weight training on regular basis is associated with a lower risk of death: Study
London: Regular weight-training exercise is associated with a lower risk of death from any cause, with the exception of cancer, according to research conducted in older persons and published online in the…
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Study shows how menthol cigarette bans encourage smokers to quit
Ohio : According to a recent study, the 2020 European menthol cigarette ban increased the likelihood that menthol smokers will give up smoking. This finding supports earlier Canadian research on the beneficial…
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Study finds whether stress can actually protect the body
Washington : From insomnia to high blood pressure, all sorts of serious health issues are often linked to stress but it’s generally acknowledged that some stress can also be helpful, like when…
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Study reveals that babies react to taste and smell in the womb
Washington : Scientists took 4D ultrasound scans of 100 pregnant women to see how their unborn babies responded to flavours from foods eaten by their mothers. The research team scanned some mothers…
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Watching TV with your child might help in their brain development: Study
Washington : A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology investigated the influence of passive screen use on a young child’s cognitive development. It discovered that screen exposure – whether from a…
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Study: Malaria spike linked to amphibian die-off
Washington : A new study links an amphibian die-off in Costa Rica and Panama with a spike in malaria cases. The study demonstrates the importance of biodiversity to human health. The study,…
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Study suggests owning home leads to lesser happiness than expected
Washington : According to the findings of a new study humans are not very good at predicting what will make them happy. Economists investigated the effects of purchasing a home on life…
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Study reveals process of how Parkinson’s disease spreads in brain
New York : According to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers, aggregates of the protein alpha-synuclein spread in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease via a cellular waste-ejection…
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Study finds how babies learn contrastive linguistics
Washington: Infants can distinguish most sounds soon after birth, and by age one, they start to become language-specific listeners. However, researchers are still trying to figure out how babies recognise which acoustic…
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Covid-19 reduces placenta’s immune response: Study
Washington : According to a study, if a woman catches COVID-19 during her pregnancy, the infection, no matter how slight, affects the placenta’s immune response to further infections. The study was published…
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Study: Having lot of tea may lower risk of getting type 2 diabetes
Wuhan : Moderate use of black, green, or oolong tea is associated with a lower risk of acquiring type 2 diabetes, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of 19 cohort studies…
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Climate change likely increased heavy rain that led to Pakistan flooding: Study
New Delhi: Human-caused climate change likely increased the intense rainfall that flooded swathes of land across Pakistan, according to rapid attribution analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists as part…