cognition

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"We found that the brain is flexible because it can reuse components of cognition in many different tasks. By snapping together these 'cognitive Legos,' the brain is able to build new tasks."

From Science Daily

Common hypertension medications can successfully bring high blood pressure under control but often show little benefit for cognition.

From Science Daily

Alzheimer’s experts agreed the benefit was modest, but many celebrated the results because it’s been so difficult to find drugs that stall the devastating loss of cognition.

From Science Magazine

But when we pay more attention to what they’re actually doing when immersed in play, more about their cognition could be revealed, Byrne wrote.

From Scientific American

The new mothers had widespread gray matter volume increases, not decreases, in brain regions that are associated with empathy, social cognition, and the ability to multitask.

From Salon