A new report published in European Psychiatryidentified a significant association between childhood adversity and impaired social cognitive functioning among adults diagnosed with major psychiatric disorders. Through a comprehensive review of all research conducted to date, the investigators established that a traumatic early social environment frequently leads to social cognitive problems and greater illness severity for individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, major depressive disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder. Continue reading “Childhood trauma linked to impaired social cognition later in life for patients with major psychiatric disorders”
Exercise is brain food: The effects of physical activity on cognitive function
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Michelle Ploughman. Continue reading “Exercise is brain food: The effects of physical activity on cognitive function”
Exercise, brain, and cognition across the life span
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Michelle W. Voss, Lindsay S. Nagamatsu, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, and Arthur F. Kramer. Continue reading “Exercise, brain, and cognition across the life span”
Mothers with high emotional, cognitive control help their children behave
A new parenting study finds that the greater emotional control and problem-solving abilities a mother has, the less likely her children will develop behavioral problems, such as throwing tantrums or fighting. Continue reading “Mothers with high emotional, cognitive control help their children behave”
Brain size mediates the association between height and cognitive ability
Reports from several studies have identified a link between height and general cognitive ability, or intelligence, but the mechanisms underlying this association are not well known. Researchers from the University of Helsinki, University of California San Diego and Boston University found that this association is mediated by cortical surface area. Continue reading “Brain size mediates the association between height and cognitive ability”
Early-life obesity impacts children’s learning and memory, study suggests
A new study by Brown University epidemiologists found that children on the threshold of obesity or overweight in the first two years of life had lower perceptual reasoning and working memory scores than lean children when tested at ages five and eight. The study also indicated that IQ scores may be lower for higher-weight children. Continue reading “Early-life obesity impacts children’s learning and memory, study suggests”
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