Neuroscience
My favorite psychology podcast, Australia's ABC Radio National's All in the Mind recently reviewed some research which suggests that the amount of fish oil ingested affects our emotions.
The blurb on their site says:
"It’s now recognised that omega 3, essential fatty acids mainly found in fish, can help to prevent conditions like cardiovascular disease and rheumatoid arthritis – but the evidence is accumulating for just how important fish oil is for mental health and wellbeing. We hear some remarkable findings from a British study looking at the effect of giving fish oil supplements to children with ADHD and learning difficulties. And the figures showing significantly lower depression rates in countries which eat lots of seafood may give you an idea for tonight’s dinner!"
The brain and omega 3 – fishy or fact?
Saturday 18 March 2006.
Salmon, anyone?
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Neuroscience
Food for Thought
My favorite psychology podcast, Australia's ABC Radio National's All in the Mind recently reviewed some research which suggests that the amount of fish oil ingested affects our emotions.
The blurb on their site says:
"It’s now recognised that omega 3, essential fatty acids mainly found in fish, can help to prevent conditions like cardiovascular disease and rheumatoid arthritis – but the evidence is accumulating for just how important fish oil is for mental health and wellbeing. We hear some remarkable findings from a British study looking at the effect of giving fish oil supplements to children with ADHD and learning difficulties. And the figures showing significantly lower depression rates in countries which eat lots of seafood may give you an idea for tonight’s dinner!"
The brain and omega 3 – fishy or fact?
Saturday 18 March 2006.
Salmon, anyone?
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: How to critically appraise an article. What can magicians teach us about the brain? Exploring the way anxiety may be passed from parents to their children. Comparing the brain activity of architects...
- Why Is Learning Slow?
Richard Gregory: "Why is learning slow? Is it set by physiological (hardware) limitations, or is it due to cognitive (software) strategy? As learning can be single-trial, in dangerous situations, the general slowness may well be a cognitive strategy -...
- Attention Training For Young Children Has Noticeable Benefit
Just five days of computer-based training over a few weeks can boost the attentional abilities of four-year-old children by an amount equivalent to half the increase in ability typically seen between the ages of four and six years of age. The finding...
- Alzheimer Disease: New Clinical Trial Foci
From an NIH press release from 18 October 2006: New Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials To Be Undertaken by NIA Nationwide Consortium The Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS), a federally-established consortium conducting...
- "rama" & Art
Australia's ABC Radio National program "All in the Mind" recently interviewed the "Marco Polo of Neuroscience", V.S Ramachandran. He talks a little about neuroscience and a lot about how humans perceive art. When he was at Hampshire. "Rama" talked...