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A Surprising New Way To Avoid Choking Under Pressure – Imagine You Have The Prize And Are Performin

The mental technique is called incentive reappraisal and its reflected in changed activity in a key brain structure By Christian Jarrett Choking is a ubiquitous and extremely frustrating human weakness as the stakes are raised, our performance usually improves, but only up to a point, beyond which the pressure gets too...

Bigger, faster, smarter

The properties of individual brain cells have been linked to intelligence for the first time. How does the structure and function of neurons shape our intelligence? Image credit: Goriounova et al. 2019 (CC BY 4.0) Our brains are made up of almost 100 billion brain cells. Each of them acts like a small chip: they collec...

Scientists Make Breakthrough In Advanced Kidney Cancer Treatment

By: Damir Mujezinovic A combination of two drugs could become a new standard treatment for patients with advanced kidney cancer, clinical trial shows. Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have made what can be considered a breakthrough in advanced kidney cancer treatment. According to the American Cancer Soci...

Long Hours? Working Weekends? Here's How It's Affecting Your Mental Health

By Peter Hess on February 25, 2019 Mass media is full of the idea that work will fulfill us, and so we should chase our passion at all hours. But hustle cant replace health. New research on adults who work weekends and long hours highlights this reality, showing the crucial point that people like the folks at Fiverr an...

Diet reverses Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in lab model

The findings focused on components contained in green tea and carrots lend credence to the idea that certain readily available, plant-based supplements might offer protection against dementia in people. By Leigh Hopper , March 6, 2019 USC researchers are studying plant-derived substances, like green tea, that inhibit p...