There has a lot of recent research on the cognitive effects ofomega-3 and the most rock solid findings are that they dramatically aggression and the risk of developing schizophrenia. There’s a national correlation -0.63 (strong) between seafood consumption and homicide rate.
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"results are confirmed by the EMG data that showed the Omega-3-related reduction of RT was not owing to peripheral effects on muscles, such as improved speed of contraction, but to decreased EMG latency, which was probably influenced by a higher efficiency of central mechanisms"
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In other words, one of the effects high omega-3 levels have is that they allow a person to make faster and more accurate decisions on tests of inhibition and executive function like Go/No-Go, which I think has applications in many kinds of real world mental tasks.
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End. Going to keep grinding these out until the lockdown ends, got something stuff coming on implications of lactose tolerance in NW Europe and an attempt to explain West African creativity.
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