Learn about the hidden dangers of air pollution. Discover how it can impair brain function and affect cognitive processes.

Short-term exposure to air pollution can impair cognitive functions like attention and emotion recognition. These issues ...

Researchers exposed study participants to either high levels of air pollution—using candle smoke—or clean air, testing ...

The air we breathe doesn't just affect our lungs. Researchers have recently revealed that even brief exposure to fine particles can disrupt essential brain functions. This discovery raises ...

A new study finds that short-term air pollution exposure harms brain function, reducing focus and emotion recognition.

With the weather changing daily, UCLA's Suzanne Paulson, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences and an expert on smog, ozone and air pollution ... which can linger after the fires are ...

Study: Acute particulate matter exposure diminishes executive cognitive functioning after four hours regardless ... that the effects of inhaled air pollution on cognition and neuronal activity ...

This is Thailand's desperate, unproven attempt at reducing the oppressive air pollution over its capital ... measures pollutant concentrations before and after spraying to gauge the difference ...

People’s ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the ...