Sentences with phrase «terms of brain growth»

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Socrates says that when he was a young man he had a consuming interest in natural science, always seeking into the causes of things, and asking such questions as whether organic growth is due to fermentation caused by variations of temperature, and whether thought and memory can be explained in terms of the brain.

A full - term baby (40 - 42 weeks), with only 25 % of its brain developed, is undergoing rapid brain growth.

Years ago, children were warned that smoking could stunt their growth, but now a major study by an international team including the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University and the University of Edinburgh shows new evidence that long - term smoking could cause thinning of the brain's cortex.

«It is tiny, but it is a very crucial structure in the brain in terms of regulation of life - supporting activities,» such as metabolism, reproduction, and growth.

Experiments have shown that unsaturated fatty acids inhibit the growth of the human fetus15 and, in the absence of omega - 3 and omega - 6, both short - term and long - term memory of the fetus are improved.16 In a 2016 study, Taiwanese scientists reported that «essential» unsaturated fats from fish oil (omega - 3) are toxic to the aging brain, 17 and as it turns out: fish oil isn't even good for fish!