BY MIKE BARRETT POSTED ON NOVEMBER 12, 2014 Tweet Did you ever wonder how a cell phone might affect your brain? When you think about it, the use of cell phones is massively experimental, as we had no idea what kind of negative effects they might have on people when they were first introduced. Well

Brain anatomy differences between autistic, typically developing individuals are indistinguishable Date: November 4, 2014 Source: American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev In the largest MRI study to date, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Carnegie Mellon University have shown that the brain anatomy in MRI scans of people with autism above age

New mechanism for febrile seizures in young children discovered Date: November 2, 2014 Source: Universitaet Tübingen Febrile seizures are the most frequent form of childhood epileptic attacks and affect roughly two to four per cent of all children worldwide. They often occur between the ages of three months and five years and can even appear

Four minutes of physical activity can improve behaviour in the classroom for primary school students, according to new research by Brendon Gurd. A brief, high-intensity interval exercise, or a “FUNterval,” for Grade 2 and Grade 4 students reduced off-task behaviours like fidgeting or inattentiveness in the classroom. “While 20 minutes of daily physical activity (DPA)