First-time dads have typically been a little short-changed when it comes to the resources available for improving their parenting skills. Moms have far more options and, where there are programs for dads, they’re often based on a model that works for women.
Saccharides – the natural sugars found in fruits, vegetables and nuts – are definitely good for your body, and it seems that they are good for your brain as well.
Moving your eyes horizontally or from side to side could improve your memory, revealed by researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University. Regularly exercising your eyes for half a minute can boost your ability to remember by 10 per cent.
Some high blood pressure medicines may help protect older adults from declines in memory and other cognitive function, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, reported today at the annual meeting of the American Geriatrics Society in Seattle.
Children of women who took the epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy appear to be at a greater risk for lower IQ, according to research presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 59th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 28 ? May 5, 2007.
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have discovered that reducing levels of the protein tau can prevent seizures and neurological deficits related to Alzheimer’s disease. The findings, reported today in the journal Science, demonstrate that when tau is removed from mice genetically engineered to simulate Alzheimer’s disease, their memory function is retained and they live a normal lifespan. Reducing tau levels also made mice more resistant to epileptic seizures.
The baby brothers and sisters of autistic children do not seek emotional cues from adults, or respond to them, as often as other toddlers do, suggests new research from the University of California, San Diego.
A compound derived from green tea greatly diminished the neurotoxicity of proteins secreted by the human immunodeficiency virus, suggesting a new approach to the prevention and treatment of HIV-associated dementia, also known as AIDS dementia complex. The disorder is the most severe form of HIV-related neuropsychiatric impairment.
Variants of two genes involved in the inflammatory system appear to protect patients from suffering a decline in mental function following heart surgery.
Researchers in Illinois and Singapore have found that the aging brain reflects cultural differences in the way that it processes visual information. This study appears this month in the journal Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. This paper and another published by the same group in 2006 are the first to demonstrate that culture can alter the brain?s perceptive mechanisms.