Visual Perception Shifts As We Age

Is it harder to “see the bigger picture” as we get older?  New research published in Cortex indicates that as people age, the brain is less able to process information in the wider visual field.

A study of young and elderly people showed that the older subjects found it harder to focus on the “global [...]

Stress Disrupts Digestion and Impacts the Immune System

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The immune system can respond to the balance of intestinal bacteria.  Researchers find that stress is the main factor in the upset of that internal sense of balance.

 

According to scientists from Ohio State University “Stress changes the composition, diversity and number of intestinal bacteria… The communities of bacteria become [...]