Summary: Adolescent rats fed a high-fat diet displayed increased impulsivity and altered decision-making as adults. These “cheesecake rats” were quicker to act on visual cues (indicative of ...

When you stand in front of Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl With The Pearl Earring,” something extraordinary happens in your brain. The 17th-century Dutch painting has long mesmerized viewers, but ...

Cognitive neuroscience is the field of study focusing on the neural substrates of mental processes. It is at the intersection of psychology and neuroscience, but also overlaps with physiological ...

Two new neuroscience studies offer fascinating answers ... The results were published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. They show that the intelligence ...

Eggs are rich in key nutrients, some of which, like choline, are rare in the modern diet. Eggs provide protein, fat, and important vitamins while being relatively low in calories. Eating eggs as ...

Neurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri-Institute, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Zoology, University of ...

But until now, we hadn't directly explored whether we can benefit our brain health by swapping one sedentary behaviour for another,” said study author Dr. Maddisson Mellow, Research Associate at the ...

Accurate interoceptive processing in decision-making is essential to maintain homeostasis and overall health. Disruptions in this process have been associated with various psychiatric conditions, ...

If and how nutrient preference impacts cell identity has been a longstanding mystery for scientists—until a team of Salk Institute immunologists revealed a novel framework for the complicated ...

Subscribe for FREE In the study, researchers examined how chemical reactions during processing affect the nutritional quality of ten different plant-based drinks, comparing them with cow’s milk. The ...

Raw zucchini offers a similar nutrition profile as cooked zucchini, but with less vitamin A and more vitamin C, a nutrient which tends to be reduced by cooking. Zucchini is also rich in antioxidants.

In the new study, Salk scientists discovered that a nutritional switch from acetate to citrate plays a key role in determining T cell fates, shifting them from active effector cells to exhausted ...