News tagged with cognitive status
Informal daycare may harm kids' cognitive development, study finds
Formal daycare is better for a child's cognitive development than informal care by a grandparent, sibling, or family friend, according to a study of single mothers and their childcare choices published in the July issue of ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Research suggests alcohol consumption helps stave off dementia
Experts agree that long-term alcohol abuse is detrimental to memory function and can cause neuro-degenerative disease. However, according to a study published in Age and Ageing by Oxford University Press today, there is evi ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 02, 2011 |
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Economic status, genetics together influence psychopathic traits
Researchers studying the genetic roots of antisocial behavior report that children with one variant of a serotonin transporter gene are more likely to exhibit psychopathic traits if they also grow up poor.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Cognitively impaired elderly women get unneeded screening mammography, study finds
A significant percentage of U.S. women 70 years or older who were severely cognitively impaired received screening mammography that was unlikely to benefit them, according to a study of 2,131 elderly women conducted by researchers ...
Jan 14, 2010 |
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What is unique in the brain of an Arabic speaker?
Literary Arabic is expressed in the brain of an Arabic speaker as a second language and not as a native language. This has been shown in a new study by Dr. Raphiq Ibrahim of the Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Church Attendance, Marital Status Can Affect Mood of Older Adults
(PhysOrg.com) -- UA graduate student Rita Law's study to evaluate long-term effects of marital status and church attendance is among very few that have considered such a correlation.
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Study finds no link between cognitive decline, socioeconomic status in elderly
(PhysOrg.com) -- New UCLA research suggests that for seniors age 70 and older, socioeconomic status does not play a major role in the brain's continued ability to function. However, seniors who have never been married and ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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