News tagged with level cognition
Poverty-related stress affects readiness for school
Stress in the lives of poor children is one cause of the early achievement gap in which children from low-income homes start school behind their more advantaged classmates.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Chronic stress seems linked to achievement gap
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children in low-income families lag behind their higher-income counterparts on virtually all measures of achievement, and this gap tends to increase over time. There are many reasons why, but a Cornell environmental ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Little-known growth factor enhances memory, prevents forgetting in rats
A naturally occurring growth factor significantly boosted retention and prevented forgetting of a fear memory when injected into rats' memory circuitry during time-limited windows when memories become fragile and changeable. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Diabetes shouldn't deter young athletes: study
A new study led by York University researchers finds that young athletes with Type 1 diabetes may experience a marked decrease in performance as a result of their blood sugar levels.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Higher levels of protein hormone associated with lower risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease
Persons with higher levels of leptin, a protein hormone produced by fat cells and involved in the regulation of appetite, may have an associated reduced incidence of Alzheimer disease and dementia, according to a study in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Transgenic songbirds provide new tool to understand the brain
A new genetic tool will enable scientists to study vocal learning and neurogenesis at the molecular level in songbirds.
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Researcher investigates link between folic acid and heart health, anemia
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Georgia State University researcher and his colleague are investigating the effects of a decade-long requirement to fortify all cereals in the United States with folic acid, and its link with a chemical ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Evidence appears to show how and where frontal lobe works
(Physorg.com) -- A Brown University study of stroke victims has produced evidence that the frontal lobe of the human brain controls decision-making along a continuum from abstract to concrete, from front to ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Transcendental Meditation Buffers Students Against College Stress (Video)
Transcendental Meditation may be an effective non-medicinal tool for students to buffer themselves against the intense stresses of college life, according to a new study to be published in the February 24 ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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