News tagged with mental skills

Turn On, Tune In, Develop? Researchers Examine How Brain Benefits From Musical Training

For most people music is an enjoyable, although momentary, form of entertainment. But for those who seriously practiced a musical instrument when they were young, perhaps when they played in a school orchestra ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (11) | 4

Study suggests Buddhist deity meditation temporarily augments visuospatial abilities

Meditation has been practiced for centuries, as a way to calm the soul and bring about inner peace. According to a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, there is now ev ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Apr 27, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (11) | 4

Skills tests like 'connect the dots' may be early Alzheimer's indicator

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of mental decline in the years prior to diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease suggests that changing the focus of testing may help physicians detect signs of the disease much earlier. School of Medicine ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Oct 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

Studies touting China's treatments for Internet overuse may lack validity

(Phys.org) -- Excessive Internet usage has been linked to an array of problems, from structural changes in the brain to depression, poor social skills, violent outbursts and sexual promiscuity. In China, concerns ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Apr 27, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

Staring, sleepiness, other mental lapses more likely in patients with Alzheimer's

Cognitive fluctuations, or episodes when train of thought temporarily is lost, are more likely to occur in older persons who are developing Alzheimer's disease than in their healthy peers, according to scientists ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jan 18, 2010 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0