From the UCLA press release: Our senses of sight and hearing work closely together, perhaps more than people realize, a new UCLA psychology study shows. “If we think of the perceptual system as a democracy…
From the University of Chicago Medical Center press release: The first evidence of empathy-driven helping behavior in rodents has been observed in laboratory rats that repeatedly free companions from a restraint, according to a new…
From the UC San Diego press release via Newswise: Overeating, whether in children or adults, often takes place even in the absence of hunger, resulting in weight gain and obesity. Current methods to treat such…
From the Friedrich Miescher Institute of Biomedical Research press release via MedicalXpress: A team of neurobiologists around Andreas Lüthi at the Friedrich Miescher Institute of Biomedical Research has shown for the first time that cortex,…
From the SUNY Buffalo press release: If you’ve ever spent the day after Christmas rifling through the user’s manual of a new device, you’ll be interested to know that intense, hands-on trial periods are the…
From the University of California, San Francisco press release: Many dread gaining weight during the holiday season, but there may be hope for those who find that stress causes them to reach for yet another…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Research shows that feeling good about your country also makes you feel good about your own life—and many people take that as good news. But Matthew Wright,…
From the University of Warwick press release: Human minds have hit an evolutionary “sweet spot†and – unlike computers – cannot continually get smarter without trade-offs elsewhere, according to research by the University of Warwick.…
From the Max Planck Institute press release: As dizzying as it may sound, the impression that we are living in a 3D world is actually a continuous fabrication of our brains. When we look at…
From the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) press release: New research suggests that far from disengaging young people from real life, virtual worlds can provide unique environments that can help them learn and negotiate…