From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release: Social isolation has been linked to a wide range of health problems, as well as a shorter lifespan in humans and other animals. In fact, during…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Many cognitive processes, such as decision-making, take place within seconds or minutes. Neuroscientists have longed to capture neuron activity during such tasks, but that dream has remained elusive…
From the Research Society on Alcoholism press release: Epigenetics refers to how certain life circumstances can cause genes to be silenced or expressed, become dormant or active, over time. New research shows that adolescent binge drinking…
From the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center press release: A lack of sleep doesn’t just leave you cranky and spoiling for a fight. Researchers at The Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research say…
From the Research Society on Alcoholism press release: The more alcohol that people drink, the more their cells appear to age. In a new study that will be shared at the 40th annual scientific meeting of…
From the University of Eastern Finland press release: Greater muscle strength is associated with better cognitive function in aging men and women, according to a new Finnish study. The association of extensively measured upper and lower…
From the Brown University press release: When you do something right, you can’t learn anything from your success without a system in the brain for assigning credit to whatever action led to the desired outcome. Say,…
From the PLOS press release: Hoarding symptoms are stable during adolescence, mainly due to genetic effects, according to a study published June 28, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Volen Ivanov from the…
From the University of Waterloo press release: Ensuring that would-be carpoolers are riding with people they actually like could potentially decrease car use by nearly 60 per cent, research from a professor at the University…
From the Florida State University press release: When it comes to voter turnout and election outcomes, it’s not just what you know, but perhaps who you know that makes the difference, according to a new…