Our abilities to see things that appear fleetingly or in cluttered environments or outside our focus of attention are all determined by a single perceptual capacity trait that varies among people, a new study suggests. Researchers say these findings could one day help scientifically predict an individual’s performance in jobs that rely on strong observational skills. Continue reading “How Perceptive Are You? Not Everyone Is the Same”
Fasting-Mimicking Diet Promotes Ngn3-Driven β-Cell Regeneration to Reverse Diabetes
Here we present the ‘Summary‘ of the corresponding paper by Chia-Wei Cheng, Valentina Villani, Roberta Buono, Min Wei, Sanjeev Kumar, Omer H. Yilmaz, Pinchas Cohen, Julie B. Sneddon, Laura Perin, Valter D. Longo. Continue reading “Fasting-Mimicking Diet Promotes Ngn3-Driven β-Cell Regeneration to Reverse Diabetes”
Fasting induces a subcutaneous-to-visceral fat switch mediated by microRNA-149-3p and suppression of PRDM16
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Hanying Ding, Shasha Zheng, Daniel Garcia-Ruiz, Dongxia Hou, Zhe Wei, Zhicong Liao, Limin Li, Yujing Zhang, Xiao Han, Ke Zen, Chen-Yu Zhang, Jing Li & Xiaohong Jiang. Continue reading “Fasting induces a subcutaneous-to-visceral fat switch mediated by microRNA-149-3p and suppression of PRDM16”
Dementia can be caused by hypertension
A new study in Cardiovascular Research, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that patients with high blood pressure are at a higher risk of developing dementia. This research also shows (for the first time) that an MRI can be used to detect very early signatures of neurological damage in people with high blood pressure, before any symptoms of dementia occur. Continue reading “Dementia can be caused by hypertension”
Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Sikora M, Seguin-Orlando A, Sousa VC, Albrechtsen A, Korneliussen T, Ko A, Rasmussen S, Dupanloup I, Nigst PR, Bosch MD, Renaud G, Allentoft ME, Margaryan A, Vasilyev SV, Veselovskaya EV, Borutskaya SB, Deviese T, Comeskey D, Higham T, Manica A, Foley R, Meltzer DJ, Nielsen R, Excoffier L, Mirazon Lahr M, Orlando L, Willerslev E. Continue reading “Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers”
Children’s brains develop faster with music training
Music instruction appears to accelerate brain development in young children, particularly in the areas of the brain responsible for processing sound, language development, speech perception and reading skills, according to initial results of a five-year study by USC neuroscientists. Continue reading “Children’s brains develop faster with music training”
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