From the Elsevier press release via MedicalXpress: A large body of research has focused on the ability of oxytocin to facilitate social bonding in both marital and parenting relationships in human females. A new laboratory…
From the Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC) press release: The health benefits of ‘water clubs’ in care homes for the elderly, where residents gather together regularly to drink water, owe as least as much…
From the University of Utah press release via EurekAlert!: For three years, University of Utah researchers have been deploying a computer-based design program called SketchUp in workshops to teach and develop life skills for youth…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: With a little practice, one could learn to tell a lie that may be indistinguishable from the truth. New Northwestern University research shows that lying is more…
From the King’s College London press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists have identified the key molecular pathway leading to depression, revealing potential new targets for drug discovery, according to research led by King’s College London’s Institute…
From the Concordia University press release: Rows of new toys, endless racks of sweaters on clothing store shelves, long lines of books arranged in the bestsellers section at the bookstore. From mall displays to boutique…
From the University of Nottingham press release via HealthCanal: Humans may be endowed with the ability to perform complex forms of learning, attention and function but the evolutionary process that led to this has put…
From the Brown University press release: Where are you? Conventional wisdom in brain research says that you just used your hippocampus to answer that question, but that might not be the whole story. The context…
From the Stanford University Medical Center press release by Max Mcclure via MedicalXpress: Using brain-monitoring technology, Stanford psychology researchers have discovered that infant brains respond to faces in much the same way as adult brains…
From the Massachussetts General Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: A new study finds differences in the ways that participation in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) helps men and women maintain sobriety. Two Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators…