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Sharpen your pencils and dust off those old notebooks - it’s time to head back to English class!From tricky grammar rules you haven’t thought about in years to the classic novels that filled your school reading lists, this quiz will test both sides of your brain.Can you recall Shakespeare, Dickens,…

Soft and joyful music produced the best recovery effects, while sad music was less effective than doing nothing at all

Kaylani Kalanzi suffered catastrophic brain injuries as well as a broken leg and ribs, and died in hospital

ANALYSIS: The good news is, tere are many forms of attention, and not all of them are necessarily diminishing

Sceletium tortuosum is a little succulent plant that grows in the semi-arid Karoo and Namaqualand regions of South Africa. It has a long history of traditional use among the hunter-gatherers of the region.

We are regularly bombarded with information about a steep drop in attention spans. Based on its own data in 2015, Microsoft reported that the average attention span had dropped from about 12 seconds for millennials to eight seconds for gen Z.

Doctors say the new technology could triple the likelihood of recovery without a disability

Test detects memory problems linked to Alzheimer’s long before typical diagnosis, raising possibility of earlier drug intervention

Researchers suggest this could be a cheap tool for those who struggle to get a diagnosis.