Newly discovered brain network offers clues to social cognition

Newly discovered brain network offers clues to social cognition By studying rhesus monkeys, researchers have identified a brain network dedicated to processing social interactions — a discovery that offers tantalizing clues to the origins of our ability to understand what other people are thinking. Newly discovered brain network offers clues to social cognition Source: Science…

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Regular physical activity and reduced sedentary time reduces build-up of dangerous liver fat

Regular physical activity and reduced sedentary time reduces build-up of dangerous liver fat New research shows that both regular physical activity and avoiding inactivity (sedentary behavior) help reduce build-up of dangerous liver fat, an important complication of obesity. Regular physical activity and reduced sedentary time reduces build-up of dangerous liver fat Source: Science Daily Fitness

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Switching to a low-glycemic diet may stop age-related eye disease, study suggests

Switching to a low-glycemic diet may stop age-related eye disease, study suggests Development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) could be arrested by switching from a high-glycemic to a low-glycemic diet, suggests a new study conducted in mice. Switching to a low-glycemic diet may stop age-related eye disease, study suggests Source: Science Daily Healthy Aging

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Same genes, same environment, different personality: Is individuality unavoidable?

Same genes, same environment, different personality: Is individuality unavoidable? Genetically identical Amazon mollies raised individually and under identical environmental conditions, nevertheless develop different personality types. Additionally, increasing the opportunity for social interactions early in life appears to have no influence of the magnitude of personality variation. These results of a recent study shed a new…

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