From the Duke University press release: More use of technology is linked to later increases in attention, behavior and self-regulation problems for adolescents already at risk for mental health issues, a new study from Duke…
From the University of Western Ontario press release: Turn that frown upside-down? Not if you’re keen on looking younger, you shouldn’t. A new study shows that smiling can make you appear to be two years…
From the Penn State press release: Despite conventional wisdom that suggests women are better than men at facial recognition, Penn State psychologists found no difference between men and women in their ability to recognize faces…
From the Cell Press press release: Most left-handers can rattle off a list of their eminent comrades-in-arms: Oprah Winfrey, Albert Einstein, and Barack Obama, just to name three, but they may want to add on…
From the FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology press release: The way bilingual people read is conditioned by the languages they speak. This is the main conclusion reached by researchers at the Basque Center…
From the Boston Children’s Hospital press release: New research from Boston Children’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) shows that chronic sleep loss increases pain sensitivity. It suggests that chronic pain sufferers can…
From the VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) press release: In a recent study in Human Molecular Genetics, researchers from VIB and KU Leuven led by prof. Philip Van Damme, reveal a novel function for progranulin…
From the British Psychological Society press release: In the research, Dr Stephens and his team conducted two experiments. In the first, 29 participants completed a test of anaerobic power — a short, intense period on…
From the University of Houston press release: Worried robots will take your job? Researchers say people who are more intelligent and who showed an interest in the arts and sciences during high school are less…
From the American Geriatrics Society press release: Researchers are discovering that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a significant risk factor in developing dementia. Dementia is a memory problem that affects a person’s ability to carry…