From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Stress restructures the brain by halting the production of crucial ion channel proteins, according to research in mice recently published in JNeurosci. Stress harms the brain and body in…
From the University of California – Riverside press release: Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have explored the relationship between parental alcohol consumption — before conception in the case of fathers and during pregnancy…
From the Yale University press release: Working memory, the ability to hold a thought in mind even through distraction, is the foundation of abstract reasoning and a defining characteristic of the human brain. It is…
From the Frontiers press release: Are we the best at judging our own attractiveness? New research out in Frontiers in Robotics and AI shows that we might not be after all. Researchers from the Experimental Virtual Environments…
From the Flinders University press release: People say life gets better with age. Now research suggests this may be because older people have the wisdom and time to use mindfulness as a means to improve…
From the University of Tokyo press release: A recent study in mice led a team of researchers in Japan to believe that psychosis may be caused by problems with specialized nerve cells deep within the…
From the Michigan State University press release: In a time where many are practicing “social distancing” from the outside world, people are relying on their immediate social circles more than usual. Does a sense of…
From the Washington State University press release: Infants from rural families tend to display negative emotions such as anger and frustration more frequently than their urban counterparts, according to a recent study in the Journal of…
From the Washington State University press release: When teachers use a funny joke, a cat video or even background music in their lessons, it can keep students from understanding the main content. These so-called “seductive…
From the University of Washington press release: Social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, provide people with a lot of information, but it’s getting harder and harder to tell what’s real and what’s not.…