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This 5-Minute Test Can Spot Early Memory Decline: See Step-By-Step Guide
The 5-minute test is a quick screening tool that combines word recall and clock drawing to flag early signs of memory decline.
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What Is BGMI Career Mode? Know How to Generate Skill Report
Krafton India has introduced the BGMI Career Mode feature. It analyses how a player plays BGMI and uses the gameplay data and use use it to generate a personalised cognitive skills-based report. This report helps understand your cognitive skills and gameplay approach by looking at your playstyle and decision-making habits. The company says it does ...
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Confused On Screen Usage For Your Children? These Tips Might Help
Part of the challenge is that "screen time" isnt just one thing. It can be educational or passive, interactive or sedentary, and part of schoolwork or pure play.
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Study Reveals Chimpanzees Exhibit Varying Nut-Cracking Skills Within Same Group
A new study has revealed significant variation in the nut-cracking abilities of chimpanzees within the same group, highlighting differences in their cognitive and motor skills. Researchers analysed 3,882 video-recorded attempts by wild chimpanzees in Bossou, Guinea, to crack open oil palm nuts. The study found that some chimps were highly skilled, ...
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Here's How Creativity Helps Brain Health and Emotional Resilience
Engaging in creative activities, such as painting, music, and writing, provides numerous benefits for brain health and emotional resilience. Research in neuroarts demonstrates that creativity enhances cognitive functions, improves memory retention, and reduces anxiety levels. Simple creative outlets like doodling or crafting can significantly aid i...
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Video Games Boost Brain Development, Behaviour In Children: Study
A new study indicates there may also be cognitive benefits associated with video games.
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Video Games Shown to Improve Children's Cognitive, Memory Skills in New US Study
Video games could have a positive impact on children's cognitive and memory skills, according to a new US study. Prior research had focused on detrimental effects, linking gaming with depression and increased aggression, while the new study looked at survey answers, cognitive test results, and brain images from around 2,000 nine- and ten-year-olds,...
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Phones, Smartwatches, Other Digital Devices Make You Smarter, Suggests Study
A new study conducted by UCL researchers has found that using smartphones, smartwatches and other digital devices can improve the memory skills of a person. For the test, the team developed a memory task for 158 volunteers aged between 18 and 71. It was found that using a digital device as external memory helps people to remember the information sa...
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Dyslexic People, Skilled at Exploring, Helped in Evolution That Led to Human Survival: Study
A recent study has highlighted how the explorative strength in dyslexic people has an evolution link to it and has contributed to human survival. This is the first time a cross-disciplinary approach using evolutionary perspective has been taken into consideration to study dyslexia.
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Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts And Legumes May Aid Cognitive Health - Study Reveals
It was found that individuals who consumed these healthy foods scored higher in the tests of verbal fluency - an important characteristic of cognitive functions.
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This 5-Minute Test Can Spot Early Memory Decline: See Step-By-Step Guide
The 5-minute test is a quick screening tool that combines word recall and clock drawing to flag early signs of memory decline.
-
What Is BGMI Career Mode? Know How to Generate Skill Report
Krafton India has introduced the BGMI Career Mode feature. It analyses how a player plays BGMI and uses the gameplay data and use use it to generate a personalised cognitive skills-based report. This report helps understand your cognitive skills and gameplay approach by looking at your playstyle and decision-making habits. The company says it does ...
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Confused On Screen Usage For Your Children? These Tips Might Help
Part of the challenge is that "screen time" isnt just one thing. It can be educational or passive, interactive or sedentary, and part of schoolwork or pure play.
-
Study Reveals Chimpanzees Exhibit Varying Nut-Cracking Skills Within Same Group
A new study has revealed significant variation in the nut-cracking abilities of chimpanzees within the same group, highlighting differences in their cognitive and motor skills. Researchers analysed 3,882 video-recorded attempts by wild chimpanzees in Bossou, Guinea, to crack open oil palm nuts. The study found that some chimps were highly skilled, ...
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Here's How Creativity Helps Brain Health and Emotional Resilience
Engaging in creative activities, such as painting, music, and writing, provides numerous benefits for brain health and emotional resilience. Research in neuroarts demonstrates that creativity enhances cognitive functions, improves memory retention, and reduces anxiety levels. Simple creative outlets like doodling or crafting can significantly aid i...
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Video Games Boost Brain Development, Behaviour In Children: Study
A new study indicates there may also be cognitive benefits associated with video games.
-
Video Games Shown to Improve Children's Cognitive, Memory Skills in New US Study
Video games could have a positive impact on children's cognitive and memory skills, according to a new US study. Prior research had focused on detrimental effects, linking gaming with depression and increased aggression, while the new study looked at survey answers, cognitive test results, and brain images from around 2,000 nine- and ten-year-olds,...
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Phones, Smartwatches, Other Digital Devices Make You Smarter, Suggests Study
A new study conducted by UCL researchers has found that using smartphones, smartwatches and other digital devices can improve the memory skills of a person. For the test, the team developed a memory task for 158 volunteers aged between 18 and 71. It was found that using a digital device as external memory helps people to remember the information sa...
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Dyslexic People, Skilled at Exploring, Helped in Evolution That Led to Human Survival: Study
A recent study has highlighted how the explorative strength in dyslexic people has an evolution link to it and has contributed to human survival. This is the first time a cross-disciplinary approach using evolutionary perspective has been taken into consideration to study dyslexia.
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Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts And Legumes May Aid Cognitive Health - Study Reveals
It was found that individuals who consumed these healthy foods scored higher in the tests of verbal fluency - an important characteristic of cognitive functions.
