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At the age of 24, not only do we stop being adolescents, but according to a new study by Simon Fraser University (Canada), a person reaches their peak in terms of motor and cognitive development at this age. From here, it begins to experience a decline.

Going outside and sunbathing is more important to health than we thought, since vitamin D is associated with improved cognitive functioning.

Apart from being good to fight overweight, cancer, heart disease, type 2 diabetes or to age better, among the many beneficial properties of green tea, now, a study has concluded that it improves our cognitive functions of the brain, specifically of working memory, that which involves the processes used for short-term memory and the manipulation of information.

A recent study published in the journal 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' points out that hyperactivity in the insula, an area of the brain related to the development of emotions, favors the appearance of frequent errors of judgment among gambling addicts.

Parkinson's disease and other pathologies related to the brain could be detected early with simple tests that evaluate the relationship between brain activity, understanding and expression of sentences related to body movements.

The brain is the organ that captains the ship of our body and efforts to understand its intricate functioning are the order of the day. Thus, the Allen Institute for Brain Science (USA) has published two studies in the journal Nature that present new advances in the study of the activity of the human brain.

According to recent research by the University of Ohio (USA), human beings are capable of up to 21 different emotions expressed with the face.

A new study led by the Autonomous University of Madrid places fungal invasions of the central system as possible factors linked to the appearance of Alzheimer's.