A new analysis of a well - preserved skeleton of a Neandertal child reveals that the ancient human species may have had an extended period
of brain growth compared to modern humans.
Not exact matches
In 2007, researchers published the first randomized, controlled study
of the effect
of being raised in an orphanage; that study, and subsequent research on the same sample
of Romanian orphans, found that
compared with babies placed with a foster family, those who were sent to institutions had lower IQs, slower physical
growth, problems with human attachment and differences in functioning in
brain areas related to emotional development.
Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month
of life appears to spur more robust
brain growth,
compared with babies given little or no breast milk.
Dr Vera Weisbecker
of UQ's School
of Biological Sciences said the study represented the first dataset
comparing brain growth in different mammals, gathered through a novel method
of non-invasive micro-CT (computed tomography) scanning which allowed the fast data acquisition
of soft tissue
growth in tiny mammals.
Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk during the first month
of life appears to spur more robust
brain growth,
compared with babies given little or no breast milk, finds researchers from Washington University School
of Medicine in St. Louis.
Compared to anthropoids, the amount
of prenatal
brain growth is less in strepsirrhines (lemuroids and lorisoids)[11].
While green tea has a number
of health benefits, including boosting the metabolism, improving
brain function, and decreasing cancer
growth, matcha kicks even these up a notch; according to mbg collective member Will Cole, D.C, «Matcha actually has quite a bit higher levels
of EGCG [epigallocatechin gallate, an epic antioxidant] than other green teas —
compared to the highest levels
of EGCG in regular green tea reported in the medical literature, one study found that matcha had up to three times more EGCG!»