From the University of California – Los Angeles press release: “In a world of computers and iPhones, it’s rare that we’re fully focused,” said Alan Castel, a UCLA professor of psychology. But how much do all…
From the Harvard Medical School press release: The human brain has a region of cells responsible for linking sensory cues to actions and behaviors and cataloging the link as a memory. Cells that form these links…
From the University of California – Riverside press release: Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have devised a method to selectively erase particular fear memories by weakening the connections between the nerve cells (neurons) involved…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: A study in eNeuro shows that, when remembering a sequence of events, the brain focuses on the event paid the least attention, rather than replaying the events in the order they…
From the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering press release: Scientists have observed that more aerobically fit individuals have better memories. To investigate this phenomenon, they used magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), which measures the firmness…
From the University of California – Irvine press release: An abundance of an amino acid called methionine, which is common in meat, cheese and beans, may provide new clues to the fetal brain development that can…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release: In a study looking at brain scans of people with mild loss of thought and memory ability, Johns Hopkins researchers report evidence of lower levels of the serotonin transporter…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: While babies sleep, astonishing processes take place in their brains. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI…
From the Rockefeller University press release: There’s nothing quite like the rush of recognition that comes from seeing a familiar face. But scientists have been hard-pressed to explain how we identify well-known faces — or how…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Taboo words provoke certain responses in readers’ heart rates and brains, diminishing their attention and memory, research has shown. A new paper by scholars at the University…