Month: January 2019

Less Is More – Estimation of the Number of Strides Required to Assess Gait Variability in Spatially Confined Settings

Daniel Kroneberg, Morad Elshehabi, Anne-Christiane Meyer, Karen Otte, Sarah Doss, Friedemann Paul, Susanne Nussbaum, Daniela Berg, Andrea A. Kühn, Walter Maetzler, Tanja Schmitz-Hübsch Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement […]

Published on January 21, 2019

An Evolutionary Perspective on Why Food Overconsumption Impairs Cognition

Brain structures and neuronal networks that mediate spatial navigation, decision-making, sociality, and creativity evolved, in part, to enable success in food acquisition. Here, I discuss evidence suggesting that the reason that overconsumption of energy-rich foods negatively impacts cognition is that signaling pathways that evolved to respond adaptively to food scarcity are relatively disengaged in the […]

Published on January 20, 2019

Does being bilingual make children more focused? Study says no

Bilingual children do not have more advantages than monolingual children when it comes to executive function, which includes remembering instructions, controlling responses, and shifting swiftly between tasks. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the […]

Published on January 18, 2019