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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Credit: Neuroscience News Uma Karmarkar’s research examines the factors that consciously and unconsciously influence how people make decisions, including purchases and what that means for markets. The ...

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 ...

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