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Infants who nap a lot have smaller vocabularies and poorer cognitive skills — according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Parents the world over are prone to worry about their children getting either too little or too much sleep. But a new study published today reveals that some children are more efficient …
Americans’ IQ scores are now lower in 3 of 4 areas Scores of verbal reasoning, matrix reasoning and letter and number series declined; scores of 3D rotation generally increased The study provides evidence of a reverse ‘Flynn Effect’ in the U.S. between 2006-2018 for composite scores ‘If all the scores were going in the same …
Large-scale prospective study reveals that on all cognitive measures except vocabulary, linear declines start as early as age 45. Whereas global life expectancy is on the rise, the maintenance of cognitive health becomes a public health priority, since poor cognitive status is considered a major disabling condition in old age. Previous studies have established an …