From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Anxiety disorders affect approximately 40 million American adults each year, and although they are treatable, they often cause significant distress.The excessive fear and dread that accompanies anxiety disorders…
From the Wake Forest Baptist University press release via ScienceDaily: Ever wonder how the human brain, which is constantly bombarded with millions of pieces of visual information, can filter out what’s unimportant and focus on…
From the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland press release via ScienceDaily: New research conducted by neuroscientists from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) published in Nature Medicine has identified a new gene…
From the University of Queensland press release via HealthCanal: Depression and anxiety are found in every society in the world, debunking old theories that only Westerners get depressed. These new findings come from the world’s…
From the New York University press release via EurekAlert!: Infants are able to detect how speech communicates unobservable intentions, researchers at New York University and McGill University have found in a study that sheds new…
From the University of Exeter press release via EurekAlert!: Snack consumption and BMI are linked to both brain activity and self-control, new research has found. The research, carried out by academics from the Universities of…
From the Brown University press release via EurekAlert!: A new study finds that mice have a distinct neural subsystem that links the nose to the brain and is associated with instinctually important smells such as…
From the Elsevier Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: American ginseng is reported to have neurocognitive effects, and research has shown benefits in aging, central nervous system disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases. The challenges of incorporating…
From the Boston Children’s Hospital press release: Severe psychological and physical neglect produces measurable changes in children’s brains, finds a study led by Boston Children’s Hospital. But the study also suggests that positive interventions can…
From the Ohio State University press release by Jeff Grabmeier: In a new study that has implications for distracted drivers, researchers found that people are better at juggling some types of multitasking than they are…