Consequences of lead exposure in childhood
From the Duke University press release: A long-term study of more than 500 children who grew up in the era of leaded gasoline has shown that their exposure to the powerful neurotoxin may have led…
Creative people have better-connected brains
From the Duke University press release: Seemingly countless self-help books and seminars tell you to tap into the right side of your brain to stimulate creativity. But forget the “right-brain” myth — a new study…
Study examines psychological effects of plastic surgery
From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: In a long-term study, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Margraf, Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the RUB, investigated the psychological effects of plastic surgery…
Study links childhood depression to cardiac risks in adolescence
From the Washington University School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: Teens who were depressed as children are far more likely than their peers to be obese, smoke cigarettes and lead sedentary lives, even if…
Study suggests part of hippocampus may play role in modulating anxiety
From the Columbia University Medical Center press release via ScienceDaily: Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have found the first evidence that selective activation of the dentate gyrus, a portion of the hippocampus, can reduce…
Reserachers discover how cells transmit certain types of taste information to brain
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: Saying that the sense of taste is complicated is an understatement, that it is little understood, even more so. Exactly how cells transmit…
Study suggests multitasking key to overall brain function
From the University of Chicago Medical Center press release via ScienceDaily: A region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into…
Study assesses proactive advising at universities
From the Kansas State University press release via Newswise: Getting intrusive could increase student support at universities. Kansas State University researcher Abby Tennant examined intrusive advising — working with at-risk students to identify challenges and solutions…
Study suggests link between frustration, aggression and attraction to violent video games
From the Ohio State University press release by Jeff Grabmeier via EurekAlert!: A new study suggests that people get frustrated when they are offered the opportunity to cheat or steal and that chance is then…
Study suggests schizophrenia may be due to neurodevelopmental disorder, accelerated aging
From the Elsevier press release via ScienceDaily: Many lines of evidence indicate that schizophrenia is a disorder of neurodevelopment. For example, genes implicated in the heritable risk for schizophrenia are also implicated in the development…