BOSTON: The brains of more intelligent people are capable of solving tasks more efficiently, which is why these people have superior cognitive faculties, or as Elsbeth Stern, Professor for Research on Learning and Instruction at ETH Zurich, puts it: “when a more and a less Read More »

DALLAS: It afflicts all authors and aspiring novelists at some time in their careers, but technology may provide a way to combat the dreaded writers’ block by giving them a creative boost.

Psychologists are developing a smartphone app they say will help to improve people’s Read More »

LOS ANGELES: Placebos can work even when patients know the treatment they are getting is fake, according to a new report.

The placebo effect is real – even if you know the treatment you’ve been given has no medical value, research has concluded.

Scientists found patients Read More »

LOS ANGELES: Patients with atrial fibrillation who used statins may be less likely to develop nonvascular dementia compared with those who do not use statins.

AF is associated with cognitive decline and may increase risk for dementia, but the effect of statins on that relationship had Read More »