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Feeding a baby with breast milk stimulates the ability for him to move up the social ladder and decreases the chances of him going down socially, according to a study, published in the journal 'Archives of Disease in Childhood'. The authors attribute it to the fact that breastfeeding improves brain development, increasing intellect, in addition to reducing stress.

Exams, writing reports, solving work problems ... Many of our daily activities require a good dose of concentration, and this ability is also very important in relation to learning and memory. However, the difficulty to resist distractions or to maintain a good level of attention for long periods of time are two more than frequent complaints among people. Here are some tips to help you focus better.

Scientists from the University of Missouri (USA) recently found that being in a good mood enhances forgetfulness and reduces the capacity of working memory, which is responsible for temporarily storing data and processing it, comparing it with others, using it to make decisions , etc.

The human brain has so-called network cells (grid, in English), responsible for calculating and recording both dimensions and distances, and boundary cells, which detect the edges of different areas. Thus, every time our body moves, the cells in a network create an internal mapping of the environment that surrounds us that “looks a lot like the latitude and longitude lines that we use on a paper map, with the exception that instead by using grids our thinking organ organizes the space in triangles ”.

Until a few years ago it was thought that, during adult life, the brain does not produce new neurons. However, this theory is not true, and now a team of scientists from the Karolinska Medical Institute (Sweden) has designed a technique based on the measurement of carbon 14 to determine how many cells are generated per day in the human brain.

Using digital maps and GPS systems every time we move from one place to another could cause the human brain to shrink. This is what emerges from a recent study carried out by Canadian researchers from McGill University, in Montreal (Canada).

Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes in California (United States) have deciphered how a protein called Arc is involved in the formation of lasting memories. the finding is published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota (USA) have developed a brain-computer interface that allows controlling the flight of a helicopter using only the mind. The research will help people with disabilities or neurological problems to increase their independence.