From the Center for BrainHealth press release: Relentless cognitive decline as we age is worrisome, and it is widely thought to be an unavoidable negative aspect of normal aging. Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth…
From the Taylor & Francis Group press release: Teenagers are far more critical users of social media than we give them credit for, and need to be better supported in reaping the benefits social media…
From the Picower Institute at MIT press release: The amygdala is a tiny hub of emotions where in 2016 a team led by MIT neuroscientist Kay Tye found specific populations of neurons that assign good…
From the American Geriatrics Society press release: A key feature of Alzheimer’s disease is memory loss and losing one’s ability to think and make decisions (also called “cognitive ability“). Those changes can begin slowly, during…
From the UT Southwestern Medical Center press release: Amid a steady rise in the number of children diagnosed with ADHD, debate is brewing whether the condition may be a sleep disorder. At a recent Paris…
From the University of California – San Diego press release: Confirming earlier computational models, researchers at University of California San Diego and UC San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Arizona and Louisiana, report…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Americans believe they have less stamina for strenuous mental activity than their European counterparts — an indication that people in the U.S. perceive their willpower or…
From the Harvard University press release: It’s often said that creative people see the world differently than the rest of us — and a Harvard researcher is providing one answer why. Scientists studying brain scans…
From the Harvard University press release: Between sights, sounds, smells and other senses, the brain is flooded with stimuli on a moment-to-moment basis. How can it sort through the flood of information to decide what…
From the Cornell University press release: Babies are adept at getting what they need — including an education. New research shows that babies organize mothers’ verbal responses, which promotes more effective language instruction, and infant…