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Grow kids brains through sport

From the Université de Montréal media release: Organized extracurricular sport activities for children help them develop and improve cognitive skills, such as greater concentration capacity, that can in term greatly help them in the classroom,… 

Feeling feverish? It might be stress

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From the Taylor & Francis media release: Psychogenic fever is a stress-related, psychosomatic condition that manifests itself in a high body temperature. It is caused by exposure to emotional events or to chronic stress. Dr.… 

New study explores how anxiety can aggravate asthma

From the University of Cincinnati media release: Anxiety sensitivity, in simple terms, is a fear of fear. But when people with anxiety sensitivity also have asthma, their suffering can be far more debilitating and dangerous,… 

Mindfulness meditation trumps placebo in pain reduction

From the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center media release: Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found new evidence that mindfulness meditation reduces pain more effectively than placebo. This is significant because placebo-controlled trials… 

Scientists work with artists to learn more about the brain

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From the University of Houston media release: Researchers from the University of Houston have analyzed brain activity data collected from more than 400 people who viewed an exhibit at the Menil Collection, offering evidence that usable… 

Scientists unravel brain circuits involved in cravings

From the Dartmouth College media release: Dartmouth researchers studying rats have discovered that activation of designer neural receptors can suppress cravings in a brain region involved in triggering those cravings. The study is the first to… 

Teasing girls about weight is more than a playground joke, study finds

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From the University of Houston media release: Current research about childhood obesity has illustrated the complexity of the epidemic–how it intertwines with hunger, poverty, food deserts and socioeconomic status. A new University of Houston study examined…