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Decision making: How to improve the outcomes of your big life choices
LIFE, it could be argued, is like a long game of blackjack. In one common version of this,…
Does getting even mild covid-19 affect our cognitive skills?
Even mild covid-19 has been linked to shrinking in parts of the brain Design Cells/Getty Images Do most…
Dishabituation: How to trick your brain to find more joy in life
IMAGINE jumping into a swimming pool. It’s cold, right? But then, a few minutes later, you are used…
Being on your period doesn’t affect your cognitive skills
Spatial skills are not affected by hormone fluctuations during menstruation Parfenish_579/Shutterstock Verbal and spatial skills, like word memorisation…
Hormone changes during your period don’t affect cognitive skills
Cognitive skills are not affected by hormone fluctuations during menstruation Tim Robberts/Digital Vision/Getty Images Verbal and spatial skills,…
We may finally know how cognitive reserve protects against Alzheimer’s
IF I never thought about dementia before, I thought of little else after the condition manifested in my…