Brain
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Physical activity can help in protecting brain as you age
Mar 15, 2022Physical activity can help safeguard your cognitive capacities as you age, according to new research from the University of Georgia, and it doesn’t have to be an intense exercise to have an effect. The research findings... -
How to recharge brain at work with exercise that doesn’t require much thinking?
Sep 16, 2018A good way to recharge your brain at work might be with a short bout of exercise that doesn’t require much concentration, according to a small study from Japan. “The present study suggests that simple exercise... -
Brief burst of exercise boosts brain power
Dec 24, 2017Students may please take note that exercising for a brief period before writing a test or going for an interview may improve performance. Researchers have found that just 10 minutes of exercise can prime the parts... -
Neuro-prosthesis reconnects brain to muscles to restore functional arm movements to man with complete paralysis
Mar 31, 2017News Hour: A man who was paralyzed from the shoulders down has been able to feed himself and drink as a result of a novel neuro-prosthesis which reconnects his brain with his muscles. A system that... -
Brain’s ‘physics engine’ allows us to catch, dodge, and react on the fly
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: Whether or not they aced the subject in high school, human beings are physics masters when it comes to understanding and predicting how objects in the world will behave. A Johns Hopkins University cognitive... -
Trading changes how brain processes selling decisions
Aug 2, 2016News Hour: Experience in trading changes how the human brain evaluates the sale of goods, muting a well-established economic bias known as the endowment effect, according to researchers at the University of Chicago. The findings, to...
