News tagged with mental performance
'Less is more,' when it comes to sugary, high-caffeine energy drinks, researchers say
Moderate consumption of so-called energy drinks can improve people's response time on a lab test measuring behavioral control, but those benefits disappear as people drink more of the beverage, according to a study published ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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To the Point: Experts offer advice to students in distress
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent news headlines across the United States have shed light on mental health concerns among teens and young adults in distress -- whether questioning their sexual orientation or dealing with an unhealthy ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Probing the secrets of sharp memory in old age
A study of the brains of people who stayed mentally sharp into their 80s and beyond challenges the notion that brain changes linked to mental decline and Alzheimer's disease are a normal, inevitable part of ...
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Playing along with the Mozart effect
Five months after we are conceived, music begins to capture our attention and wire our brains for a lifetime of aural experience. At the other end of life, musical memories can be imprinted on the brain so indelibly that ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2010 |
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An end to sleep problems? Researchers discover enzyme behind effects of sleep deprivation
There is hope for those who miss one night too many or whose children keep them up at night. The unwelcome effects of a bad night's sleep - forgetfulness, impaired mental performance - can be dealt with by reducing the concentration ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 26, 2009 |
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First-of-Kind Study Shows Model Can Be Used to Rate Courtroom Psychiatric Experts Performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- What does it mean when expert psychiatric witnesses in a court case reach opposing conclusions on the same sets of evidence? A new study out of the University of Cincinnati College of Law suggests via mathematical ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Students with depression twice as likely to drop out of college (w/ Podcast)
(PhysOrg.com) -- College students with depression are twice as likely as their classmates to drop out of school, new research shows.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Mental fatigue can affect physical endurance
When participants performed a mentally fatiguing task prior to a difficult exercise test, they reached exhaustion more quickly than when they did the same exercise when mentally rested, a new study finds.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 24, 2009 |
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