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CONDITIONS / MIND

Obesity and Pregnancy

When a mother-to-be is obese it can interfere with the development of areas of the fetal brain implicated in ADHD and decision making. >

Change Your Lifestyle, Change Your Mind

Reducing risk factors like hypertension, isolation, smoking, and hearing loss can cut the chances of developing dementia up to 40 percent. >

Desk Work's Mental Dividends

It may not do much for your physique or heart rate, but being a desk jockey offers some long-term cognitive benefits. >

Who's Angry?

Teachers-to-be, asked to judge the mood of students in videos, often saw black kids as angry when they weren't. It's called anger bias. >

Eat Your Words

Are you losing words? Verbal fluency, the ability to summon words at will, drops as we age, but it's better in people who eat these foods. >

Lifestyle and Alzheimer's Risk

A combination of these lifestyle traits appears to substantially reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease. >

A Nutritional Balancing Act

The interplay between vitamin B12 and folate has implications for seniors' cognitive function. New guidelines from an Irish study. >

A Crash Course in Helping Behavior

From wearing a face mask to staying home, we're seeing the benefits of prosocial behavior. >

If at First You Don't Succeed, Try Different

You are more likely to succeed if you are willing to try a different approach when a problem arises. This strategic mindset can be learned. >

Try to Find Comfort Somewhere Else

So-called comfort foods that are high in saturated fat make it harder to pay attention. Something to consider before you indulge. >

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