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We have already discovered that dogs know how we feel due to the voice area of the brain, which functions in a similar way to humans. Now, a team of researchers from Emory University (USA) has discovered that an area of the canine brain associated with reward responds more strongly to the smells of human beings that are familiar to them than to the smells of other beings humans.

It might be easy to understand the idea that stimulating the brain will always pay off for our better functioning, right? And yet the findings of a recent study by researchers at the University of California seem to indicate that we must be careful about 'where we touch'.

The FTO gene was designated in previous studies as "the obesity gene." Now, new research has managed to identify another gene associated with this serious health problem that more than 60% of the Spanish population suffers. The new gene, called IRX3, would be responsible for the increase in body fat.

It turns out that being a regular on Internet pornography can get you in trouble, and not just go blind or go to hell ... rather affecting your brain. Christian Laier and his collaborators published a curious study last year after observing that some people who consume pornography on the Internet do not enjoy as much as would be expected, but instead complain of problems such as forgetting important appointments, abandoning work tasks or neglecting their partners, all of which significantly affect their lives. These complaints have to do with a cognitive function known as 'working memory'.

Men who had a low IQ by the age of 18 (that is, below 100) and who exercised little may develop dementia before the age of 60. This is the conclusion of a recent study conducted by the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) and published in the journal Brain.

A new study in which scientists from five different countries have collaborated, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and France, affirms that the rate of change in the thickness of the cerebral cortex is a determining factor in the intelligence quotient (IQ) of a person and that this is not a fixed value throughout life. The work has been published in the journal NeuroImage.

In the period from adolescence to early adulthood, the brain continues to develop, and it is precisely the stage that coincides with the age group that most often smokes. The effects on the physical development of the brain of young adults have been exposed in the latest study from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.

Our brain needs to rest to perform better every day. But what if you could fool your brain by "telling" it that you slept very well and rested even though you did not? Well, your brain will work better. How has this conclusion been reached? Thanks to the experiment carried out by researchers at the University of Colorado and whose results have been published by the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition.