From the Oxford University Press USA media release: An article, “Smaller amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex predict escalating stimulant use,” published online on May 13 in Brain: A Journal of Neurology has found that individual…
From the University of California, LA media release: Six months ago, researchers at UCLA published a study that showed using a specific type of yoga to engage in a brief, simple daily meditation reduced the…
From the Ohio State University media release: If governments want to discourage smoking among young people, both high taxes and smoking bans do the job — but bans may have one key advantage. A first-of-its-kind…
From the GOETHE UNIVERSITY FRANKFURT media release: Children in European countries tend to report higher levels of satisfaction with their friendships while children in African countries tend to be happier with their school lives. Children…
From the JAMA Network Journals media release: Mindfulness meditation practices resulted in improved sleep quality for older adults with moderate sleep disturbance in a clinical trial comparing meditation to a more structured program focusing on…
From the Norris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center media release: Psychological stress alone does not cause cancer but it can interfere with the immune system’s response to cancer cells, which may increase the potential…
From the McGill University media release: Dancing the Argentine tango could have potential benefits for people at certain stages in the development of Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to findings in a new study by researchers…
From the Georgia State University media release: Brown fat tissue, the body’s “good fat,” communicates with the brain through sensory nerves, possibly sharing information that is important for fighting human obesity, such as how much…
From the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute media release: Students who were enrolled in the NC Pre-K Program are making significant gains across all areas of learning through the end of kindergarten, according to…
From the University of Helsinki media release: Music performance is known to induce structural and functional changes to the human brain and enhance cognition. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying music performance have been so far…