Neuro News Nanos
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Here are today’s:
* Big chicken, big egg — overweight youth were twice as likely to have overweight friends — a strong social-network effect
* Brain response to peers’ judgment — changes between younger and older girls — not between younger and older boys
* Multitasking can be improved through training — a key limitation to efficient multitasking is the speed with which our prefrontal cortex processes information — this speed can be drastically increased through training and practice
* Are cats neuroscientists? — maybe in the same way that artists are — a little catty
* Women and chocolate — female chocolate cravings vary throughout the hormone cycle and drop off after menopause — while the cravings are not solely explained by hormone changes, some of the effect does seem to be linked
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