Author Archives: Ashley

Study links obsessive compulsive disorder to increased ischemic stroke risk later in life

From the American Heart Association press release: Adults who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely to have an ischemic stroke later in life compared to… Read more »

Study suggests ‘decision acuity’ predicts broad range of decision-making abilities

From the Cell Press press release: A common factor called “decision acuity” underpins diverse decision-making abilities in adolescents and young adults, suggests a study appearing May 20th in the journal Neuron…. Read more »

Study suggests waking just one hour earlier cuts depression risk by double digits

From the University of Colorado at Boulder press release: Waking up just one hour earlier could reduce a person’s risk of major depression by 23%, suggests a sweeping new genetic… Read more »

Study suggests infants are already using the hippocampus to recognize and learn patterns

From the Yale University press release: One trait shared by all humans is that they don’t remember specific life episodes that occurred before the age of 3 or 4. Many… Read more »

Researchers suggest new theory for what’s happening in the brain when something looks familiar

From the University of Pennsylvania press release: When a person views a familiar image, even having seen it just once before for a few seconds, something unique happens in the… Read more »