ScienceAlert: Cephalopods Pass Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children
We, for one, welcome our new cuttlefish overlords.
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Study helps explain why stress in adolescence can lead to predisposition to mental illness in adulthood
Excessive stress during adolescence can cause alterations in the profile of genes expressed in the brain, especially those associated with bioenergy functions. These alterations may affect cell respiration, resulting in behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders in adulthood, according to a study in rats conducted by researchers at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP-USP) in Brazil.
Study: Low-level lead poisoning accounts for cognitive deficits in children, risk factors for heart conditions
Chronic, low-level lead poisoning is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults and cognitive deficits in children, even at levels previously thought to be safe, according to a paper by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Simon Fraser University in Canada, and Harvard Medical School, and Boston Children's Hospital.